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MICHAEL PATRICK GINN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1949 – April 24, 1970
Service recordMichael Patrick Ginn, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 24, 1949
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 45
- DONALD EUGENE CARPENTERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
- OSCAR THOMAS FRANCISPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- WILLIAM DENNIS GALLAWAYSpecialist Five · April 24, 1970
- RICHARD GEORGE GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1970
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.