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ANTHONY PHILIP MAGISTRO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1945 – January 17, 1967
Service recordAnthony Philip Magistro, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 145 COM AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHC 145 COM AVN BN 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 45
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- ALVA RAY KROGMANFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1967
- STEVEN KENT ODIERPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYE ORTISPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR JOE SAFFLE JRCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 46
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.