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DANNY ROY MAGAHA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1949 – February 4, 1970
Service recordDanny Roy Magaha, of Greenwood, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 101
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Greenwood, South Carolina (Greenwood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 101
- GARY ALLEN BULLERDICKChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 4, 1970
- LARRY GREENLance Corporal · February 4, 1970
- JOHNNIE LEROY ISHMAELChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 4, 1970
- MICHAEL LLOYD NEUDAHLSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
From Greenwood
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- BOBBY RAY CHILDSCorporal · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM OTHELLO ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY GENE STEVENSONStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1969
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · September 5, 1969
- BILLY LEE COKERPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1969
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1970
- DAVID YELDELLSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- DAVID LEE BROOKSCorporal · July 3, 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.