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RAYMOND GEORGE MASSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1948 – August 15, 1969
Service recordRaymond George Masse, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 46
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Home of record
- West Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 46
- RAYMOND LIGONSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · August 15, 1969
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MITCHELLSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- EARL JOHN OVERACKERSergeant First Class · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DWIGHT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 43
- DANIEL EDWARD CAREYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 43
- TYRONE CHATMANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 44
- DAVID BURNETT LENTZSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 45
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 46
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 46
- PAUL PONCESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 47
- RONNIE LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 47
- JOHN GERDES SMITHCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 47
- WILLIAM HAROLD SOMERVILLECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 48
From West Springfield
- HENRY HOWARD HERRIN JRSenior Chief Petty Officer · January 1, 1968
- ALAN LOUIS MATTESpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- DANIEL LAWRENCE GROVERPrivate First Class · August 29, 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.