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SVEN STERNING MASON
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 26, 1948 – December 16, 1969
Service recordSven Sterning Mason, of Littleton, Colorado, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Littleton, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 64
- JAMES EDWARD HAYESWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1969
- GLEN EUGENE HOWARDPetty Officer Third Class · December 16, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE JEROPrivate First Class · December 16, 1969
- RONALD DEAN MCMILLENSpecialist Four · December 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OSCAR LEE BRITTENUM JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 61
- JAMES EDWARD HAYESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 64
- ROY LEE ROYSTONSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 65
From Littleton
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1967
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK MARTINPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · February 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
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.