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TSCHANN SCOTT MASHBURN
Captain · U.S. Army
March 21, 1948 – May 5, 1970
Service recordTschann Scott Mashburn, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 104
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCDONALDWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1970
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- RODNEY KENNETH MILLSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- CHRIS ANTHONY MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE BROWNSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- LARRY DANIEL BUFFINGTONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- FRANCISCO TERONI CARVAJALStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- STEPHEN PAUL FINKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 101
- GERALD ALBERT KULMSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 102
- WILLIAM EDWARD MALCOLM JRSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 103
- GEORGE ARDEN MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 103
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 104
- IVORY LEE MCKINNEYCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 105
- VERNON LEO OKLANDSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 105
- WARKER RICHARD L VANDEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 107
- STEVEN EDWARD WASSONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 107
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.