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ROBERT ALLEN MASTERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1946 – September 3, 1966
Service recordRobert Allen Masterson, of Jefferson, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Components Repair Apprentice (68A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Jefferson, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 64
- LORENZA GAYLESCorporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS D GRINNELL IIILance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- CALVIN DOUGLAS HALFORDPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- MAX GILBERT HARRISStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL SAMUEL FERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 63
- EDGAR PAUL HEINENSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 65
From Jefferson
- WILLIAM ANDREW DISHMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
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.