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PAUL GERALD MAGERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1945 – June 1, 1971
Service recordPaul Gerald Magers, of Sidney, Nebraska, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 61
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Sidney, Nebraska (Cheyenne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 61
- DEAN ROBERT ISAACSSergeant · June 1, 1971
- LEON JEROME JACKSONSergeant First Class · June 1, 1971
- DENNIS LEE MEDUNASpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
- THOMAS CHARLES MICHEHLChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DALE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 62
- DON MICHAEL RAMSEYCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 62
- JAMES RUSSELL SAXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 62
- DONALD LYNN WANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 63
From Sidney
- STANLEY KUTZ SMILEYLieutenant · July 20, 1969
- RAYMOND F ANTHONY JRLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1972
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.