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ROBERT RAY MASCARENAS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 20, 1946 – December 17, 1968
Service recordRobert Ray Mascarenas, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 36
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 36
- GRAYSON CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
- THOMAS MARK KUPIECSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- HERMAN LEE MCCLAMBPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
- GEORGE WINSTON MORTONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NEIL ROBERT BURNHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 33
- RICHARD GUY DRAKESergeant · Panel 36W, Line 34
- JAMES RUSSELL HAMMERSLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 35
- JOHN PETER KOOBChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36W, Line 35
- THOMAS MARK KUPIECSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- GEORGE WINSTON MORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- FRANK NORMAN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 37
- ROBERT FERRELL STOCKARDCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 37
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.