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BLAZE MAGYAR III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1945 – January 7, 1968
Service recordBlaze Magyar III, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- June 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 71
- LLOYD E KNAKECorporal · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEON LAUDERDALESpecialist Five · January 7, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MALONEMajor · January 7, 1968
- RICHARD GALE MANGRUMLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 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.