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FRED WAYNE MAGNUSSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1947 – January 16, 1968
Service recordFred Wayne Magnusson, of Ardmore, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 59
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Ardmore, Alabama (Limestone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 59
- DARRELL CLIFFORD LINTPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- KEVIN JAMES MAGUIRESpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID MORELANDMajor · January 16, 1968
- FRANK COLLINS PARRISHMaster Sergeant · January 16, 1968
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.