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MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGINNIS
Major · U.S. Army
June 2, 1934 – February 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph McGinnis, of Lockport, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 45
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Facilities Engineer (7130)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 2, 1934
- Home of record
- Lockport, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 45
- LARRY DOUGLAS NEASBITTSergeant · February 20, 1968
- TERRY Y OGAMICorporal · February 20, 1968
- GALEN ERICK OHLSONSpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- ALFRED RICHARD OLSONSpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY BAFILESpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 36
- RONNIE O BIGELOWSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 36
From Lockport
- GARY RAMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE FOSTERStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- OLIN RICHARD THRUSHCorporal · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES SIPPELPetty Officer Third Class · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · August 7, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- PAUL JAMES KNEELANDSergeant · September 18, 1969
- PHILIP JON STEMPERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · February 15, 1971
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.