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CHRISTOPHER MAR MCGINNIS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
November 18, 1940 – July 12, 1967
Service recordChristopher Mar McGinnis, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 12, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- November 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 61
- JOHN ALVIN HARLANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- CHARLES LARRY MOORECaptain · July 12, 1967
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.