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BOYD MAGEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1949 – April 25, 1970
Service recordBoyd Magee, of Bogalusa, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 50
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Bogalusa, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 50
- DAVID ANGELO BARBARINOSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- PAUL WAYNE HANDERHANLance Corporal · April 25, 1970
- RALPH OWEN HILLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
- ROBERT RAYMOND LEWISFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES LUNDINSergeant First Class · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GREER CLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 48
- BILLY JOE SEBASTIANCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 53
From Bogalusa
- ANDREW JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- RICHARD EARL TONEYSergeant · February 22, 1968
- ALBERT JAMES PETERSPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- IRA DAUNETTE COOPERSergeant · December 9, 1968
- CECIL FLOYD BUSHPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- RALPH S ROUSSELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
- JAMES WILLIE BLACKMONMaster Sergeant · August 1, 1970
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.