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ERIC C MAGNUSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 13, 1945 – December 30, 1966
Service recordEric C Magnuson JR, of Ramsey, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Ramsey, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 102
- CARL EUGENE BOLDENLance Corporal · December 30, 1966
- RANDOLPH SCOTT HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- JOHN GILBERT LARSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- RICHARD HOMER LOWERYMajor · December 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 103
From Ramsey
- CHARLES ERNEST HOSKING JRMaster Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- RICHARD ARTHUR OVAITTWarrant Officer 1 · August 8, 1968
- ADAMO ERMINO DEANGELISCaptain · October 31, 1969
- PAUL ELLIOTT SERVENSpecialist Four · March 27, 1971
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.