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CALVIN A MCGINTY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1946 – August 1, 1967
Service recordCalvin A McGinty JR, of Tallassee, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Tallassee, Alabama (Elmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 62
- BRUCE EDWARD MIELKELance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- JOE NED MONTOYACorporal · August 1, 1967
- ELZIA RAY PITCOCKPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- WILLIAM ROLAND PREWITTLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
From Tallassee
- JIMMY DALE HUDSONLance Corporal · November 23, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- DALE KEITH WILSONStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- JOSEPH WALLACE JOHNSONSergeant · April 6, 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.