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HARRY F MCGINNIS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1946 – March 24, 1967
Service recordHarry F McGinnis JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- June 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 37
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
- JIMMY DALE MOODYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK MURPHYCaptain · March 24, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.