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ROBERT SCOTT MASON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – October 9, 1969
Service recordRobert Scott Mason JR, of Babylon, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 57
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Babylon, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 57
- EDUARDO J JIMENEZ-LORENZOSergeant · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT SHELTON KING JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LOPEZ JRSergeant First Class · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD MILLERSergeant First Class · October 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LEE AIKINCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 53
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 54
- OWEN TETSUMI HIRANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 17W, Line 56
- CHARLES DAVID JAGELERCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 56
- GREG BRADFORD SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 58
- RICHARD ALAN SMITH SRSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 58
- DANNY RAY SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 59
- TONY MARIA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 60
- JIMMY RAY GARBETTSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 122
- JAMES HENRY TURNERSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 124
From Babylon
- JOHN ALANSON DIXONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 29, 1969
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.