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JOEL MICHAEL MAGRASS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 4, 1946 – January 5, 1970
Service recordJoel Michael Magrass, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 130
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Born
- January 4, 1946
- Home of record
- West Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 130
- TOM ANDREW METCALFStaff Sergeant · January 5, 1970
- CHARLES THOMAS MOOREPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
- EUGENIO ORTIZLance Corporal · January 5, 1970
- RANDALL EDWARD RAMSDENSergeant · January 5, 1970
From West Roxbury
- JOSEPH AUGUSTUS FRIELPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS REIDLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH HARTLEYSergeant · May 20, 1968
- PAUL PATRICK KEEFESergeant · September 26, 1970
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.