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EDWARD CHARLES MCGINN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 2, 1947 – May 30, 1969
Service recordEdward Charles McGinn, of Baker, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 30, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 22
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Baker, Oregon (Baker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 22
- HARRY MASSEYPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- RALPH JUDSON MEARS JRSpecialist Five · May 30, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES NELSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
- ERSKINE JAY OLIVERLance Corporal · May 30, 1969
From Baker
- THOMAS STEVEN HUGHESFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
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.