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TERRY DEAN MASON
Seaman · U.S. Navy
September 16, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordTerry Dean Mason, of Toppenish, Washington, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 41
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 13 ASLT DIV 13
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Toppenish, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 41
- MICHAEL LEWIS LITSEYCorporal · September 5, 1969
- LEE EDWARD MONTAGSpecialist Five · September 5, 1969
- JAMES LEE MOORECorporal · September 5, 1969
- ARTHUR EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
From Toppenish
- M D MCMICANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
- GEORGE ISAAC PADILLACorporal · January 15, 1967
- MERREL P WHITTINGTONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- FRANKIE RAY JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- STEPHEN A ELLENWOOD JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- RUSSELL JAMES HEATHPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN HOLZHEIMERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- MICHAEL STEVEN GRYDERCorporal · February 18, 1970
- STEVEN SEBASTIAN CROSIERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
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.