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DAVID BYRON MAGRUDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – May 16, 1970
Service recordDavid Byron Magruder, of Utica, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 52
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Utica, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 52
- MICHAEL DALE DAWSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- CLYDE WESLEY LAWRENCE JRStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- JOHN ROY MARIANICorporal · May 16, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID MENSCERSergeant · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EUGENE RILESPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 53
- GUY LYNN STOKES JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 54
From Utica
- MARTIN A FLEISCHMANNStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- JAMES MURL WILSONSergeant · September 7, 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.