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NOE MAGALLAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1934 – September 23, 1966
Service recordNoe Magallan, of Mission, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Mission, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 3
- PAUL GORDON HAZENSpecialist Four · September 23, 1966
- RAY WALTER HOLEMANPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 4
From Mission
- MERCEDES PEREZ SALINASStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- CARLOS SAAVEDRA GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1966
- RAMON GARZAAirman · July 29, 1967
- WALTER MERL LANKFORD JRCorporal · August 28, 1967
- JESUS MARTINEZPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · December 23, 1968
- JORGE VARGASPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- FRANCISCO QUINTANILLA JRCorporal · February 27, 1971
- BOBBY GLENN HARRISStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1971
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.