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JOHN EARL MAGEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 30, 1945 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Earl Magee, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 8
- JULIUS R ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- JACKIE EVERETT MARSHALLLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- RONALD JAY MILLERSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
- MAURICE HENRY MOOREStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LYLE WAYNE HANSENCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 3
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 7
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 9
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.