The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Bronson Jerome Mastne
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Date of Death
November 14, 1952
Private First Class Mastne was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On November 14, 1952, he was a passenger aboard a C-119C, "Flying Boxcar" from the 63rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 403rd Troop Carrier Group enroute from Ashiya Air Base, Japan to Seoul, Korea when it crashed into Hill 683 near Cho-ok and about 15 miles east of Airfield K-19, killing all 44 servicemen on board.