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JOHN JOSEPH MAGEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – February 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Magee, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · 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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 24
- LEWIS NELSON LANGFORDSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- JOHN ALFRED LASSITERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- LESLIE ROSS LEWISPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- WILLIAM CLIFTON MARSHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1968
From Jamaica Plain
- GEORGE JOSEPH SKAPINSKYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS CONCANNONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- RICHARD D ABOLTINSpecialist Four · July 1, 1966
- DANIEL MACARTHUR KELLETTFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · March 3, 1967
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK VAUGHANFirst Lieutenant · June 24, 1968
- DENNIS LEROY MORRILLPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.