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ROBERT SUSUMU MASUDA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – May 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Susumu Masuda, of San Jose, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 106
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 13, 1969
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 106
- BRUCE JOSEPH MATTACorporal · May 13, 1969
- ARLEN JAY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- DANA LEE MILLERCorporal · May 13, 1969
- TEDDY RAY MOORECorporal · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOEL RAY KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 97
- HARRY WILLIAM KERKSTRASpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 103
- DAVID LOUIE MUNOZSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 107
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.