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ROBERT EUGENE MASSETH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – April 30, 1970
Service recordRobert Eugene Masseth, of Norwalk, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 75
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 75
- DONALD RALPH LEDLIECorporal · April 30, 1970
- DONALD RAY MARLOWSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
- WILLIAM ALFRED MEISTERSergeant · April 30, 1970
- LUIS ADRIAN SANTELLANOSergeant · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE EDWARD HORTONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 73
- LARRY NEAL JONESSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 74
- WILLIAM ALFRED MEISTERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 75
- JOHN LESLIE SENSINGCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 76
- ROBERT JOSEPH SHANNONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 77
- DAVID WALDEN STATONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 77
- LEON ANTHONY TETKOSKISergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 77
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 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.