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MICHAEL BRIAN MCGINNIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 11, 1949 – September 17, 1969
Service recordMichael Brian McGinnis, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 104
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Levittown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 104
- JAMES ERLEY MCGARRITY JRLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- JAMES BRIAN MCGARRYSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1969
- RICKY LEE MEEKSLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- DANA WESSON MITCHELLMajor · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LANE CHESEBROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 100
- HARVEY LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 107
From Levittown
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM THOMASSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
- ALAN ROBERT SCHULTZLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- PATRICK ROBERT ROYPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- THEODORE K KALEIKINI JRSergeant · January 18, 1968
- DENNIS THOMAS CUNNANEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WALKER GUESTPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL BEZENSKISpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- STANLEY R STELLMACH JRSergeant · April 14, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.