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ROBERT DAVID MASON
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 15, 1945 – December 21, 1967
Service recordRobert David Mason, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 37
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NSA DANANG USNAVFORV
- Born
- November 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 37
- THOMAS RUSSELL KISNERSergeant First Class · December 21, 1967
- FRED DONALD LAMBERTFirst Sergeant · December 21, 1967
- EUGENE MANIGOPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- THOMAS RICHARD MATTYCorporal · December 21, 1967
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN MENTZER JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
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.