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DENNIS HARRY GINTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1946 – June 29, 1966
Service recordDennis Harry Ginter, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 108
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- FRANK GRAVESPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.