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DONALD SMITH MCGINLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 31, 1928 – July 29, 1968
Service recordDonald Smith McGinley, of Rupert, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 31, 1928
- Home of record
- Rupert, Idaho (Minidoka County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 31
- CARLOS GARCIA MUNOZCorporal · July 29, 1968
- DOUGLAS GORDON ORVISFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · July 29, 1968
- TERRY ALAN ROBINSONSergeant · July 29, 1968
From Rupert
- DAVID EDWIN HERBERTCorporal · July 2, 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.