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MERRILL HOWARD MASIN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 26, 1945 – August 12, 1972
Service recordMerrill Howard Masin, of Sayville, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 12, 1972, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Sayville, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1972; 13 of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Ba Xugen Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 64
- RAYMOND RICHARD REESEPetty Officer First Class · August 12, 1972
- DANIEL MARTIN RICHARDSSpecialist Five · August 12, 1972
- CHARLES PRICE ROBERTSCaptain · August 12, 1972
- WILLIAM GEORGE SAARELASergeant First Class · August 12, 1972
From Sayville
- LEWIS BERNARD GAISERFirst Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GIBBONSCaptain · February 12, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.