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LLOYD BURNEY MAGBY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1932 – April 1, 1967
Service recordLloyd Burney Magby, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 86
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Network Switching Systems Operator-Maintainer (31F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 86
- GEORGE HENRY JOURDENAISMajor · April 1, 1967
- ALLEN STANLEY MICANSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- WILLIAM SHELTON MORTIBOYCorporal · April 1, 1967
- VICTOR EUGENE PRESSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
From Carlsbad
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD HARRISONPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1968
- JOHNNY DWAIN CABECorporal · June 3, 1968
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 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.