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RICHARD FLOYD MASON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – November 23, 1967
Service recordRichard Floyd Mason, of Erwin, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Erwin, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30E, Line 72
- JOHN JAMES MARTINEZLance Corporal · November 23, 1967
- RICHARD LAWRENCE MORENOSergeant · November 23, 1967
- FRANCIS JOHN MURACOCorporal · November 23, 1967
- RONALD WADE PATTONCorporal · November 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LLOYD CATESMaster Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 69
- LE ROY EDWARD FLADRYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 70
- ALAN JOHN IMPELITHEREPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 70
- RICHARD NELSON KIMBALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 70
- PETER J LANTZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 71
- GARY DOYLE ROERINKPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 73
- JAMES R WORRELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 75
From Erwin
- GERALD ARTHUR PHILLIPSSpecialist Six · June 19, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN DENNISSpecialist Four · October 31, 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.