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ROBERT ERNEST MASON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1941 – June 20, 1967
Service recordRobert Ernest Mason, of Milton, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Milton, Florida (Santa Rosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 26
- BENJAMIN M BROTHERS IIISpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- RONALD ALBERT MICHAUDPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- GARY THURSTON PORTERCaptain · June 20, 1967
From Milton
- WILLIAM HERBERT MAYHAIRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID HATFIELDPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAMBSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
- EDWIN LENARD SHUBERT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1967
- DONALD STANDLEY GILLMANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- LARRY GENE YEAGERSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 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.