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DAVID JACK MAGNUSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 26, 1949 – July 20, 1970
Service recordDavid Jack Magnuson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 36
- RAYMOND CLARK THOMPSON SRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- DENNIS RICHARD LEVISSergeant · July 20, 1970
- LARRY JOE PLETTPrivate First Class · July 20, 1970
- ELOY RUBEN VALLESpecialist Four · July 20, 1970
- MARK JAMES WEBBWarrant Officer 1 · July 20, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.