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JOHN ARTHUR MCGINN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1949 – June 28, 1970
Service recordJohn Arthur McGinn, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 100
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 100
- JAMES ALLEN WIMMERSergeant · June 27, 1970
- JACK LEE WOLFESpecialist Five · June 27, 1970
- TERRELL ROBERT GALBREATHStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1970
- JOHN PAUL SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1970
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
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.