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CHARLES DENNIS MCGINNES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1950 – April 16, 1971
Service recordCharles Dennis McGinnes, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 129
- JAMES BRUCE MCLAUGHLINSergeant · April 16, 1971
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · April 16, 1971
- ULMER JOE WATSONSergeant · April 16, 1971
- MICHAEL LYNN WEMHOFFPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- REX MARTIN DANIELSCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 128
- JAMES BRUCE MCLAUGHLINSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 129
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · Panel 4W, Line 129
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 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.