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THEODORE MAZON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1946 – March 18, 1968
Service recordTheodore Mazon JR, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 25
- ROBERT ALAN MARTINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- CARL LEE MERCHANTSergeant · March 18, 1968
- STEVEN LOUIS MESSERLISpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CESARE DEUSEBIOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 20
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.