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MAGNUS CARL NIELSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1949 – August 31, 1968
Service recordMagnus Carl Nielsen, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 16
- DAVID LE ROY MCRAEStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JOHN PANAK JRStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- LARRY HART PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- ERNEST EUGENE SANVILLEPetty Officer Third Class · August 31, 1968
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 1968
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.