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LESTER CLEO MCGINNIS II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – October 18, 1968
Service recordLester Cleo McGinnis II, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 74
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 74
- HERBERT CYRIL LANGENHORSTCorporal · October 18, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND LUXCorporal · October 18, 1968
- RICARDO RAUL MARTINEZCorporal · October 18, 1968
- JOHN PAUL MILLSSergeant · October 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DARRALL BENNETTSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 72
- OTIS LESLIE NORRIS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 1
- RANDALL EDWARD WELCHSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 1
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.