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FREDERICK JOHN MAGSAMEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 26, 1948 – May 9, 1969
Service recordFrederick John Magsamen, of Westminster, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 32
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Westminster, Maryland (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 32
- DAVID MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PICKARDSpecialist Five · May 9, 1969
- GUY LEON PRATT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
From Westminster
- CHRISTOPHER J J MILLERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- CARL M EGOLFSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
- JAMES NORMAN BYERSStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- SHERMAN EDWARD FLANAGAN JRLieutenant Colonel · July 21, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ORETOSergeant · April 13, 1969
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.