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G W MAGBEE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 19, 1921 – June 22, 1963
Service recordG W Magbee, of Newberry, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 24
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 19, 1921
- Home of record
- Newberry, South Carolina (Newberry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1963
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1963. In June 1963, 5 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 24
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- CURTIS JOHN STECKBAUERCaptain · July 1, 1963
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
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.