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MYRON WILLIAM MAGNON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – November 27, 1968
Service recordMyron William Magnon, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 76
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 76
- MALCOLM EUGENE LOMAXPrivate · November 27, 1968
- VINCENT LEO MAGERSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
- LOREN DAUNE MARTINSENSpecialist Five · November 27, 1968
- JACKIE MONROE MEDLINCorporal · November 27, 1968
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.