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PAUL EDWARD MCGINNESS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 17, 1947 – October 19, 1968
Service recordPaul Edward McGinness, of Burlington, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Burlington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 4
- DANIEL MATTEI-SANTIAGOSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- SAMUEL MENASergeant · October 19, 1968
- MICHAEL DOMINIC PAONESSAPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- JAMES JOHN RAIOLOPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
From Burlington
- RICHARD K HARPERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 19, 1965
- HARRY WILLIAM WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- WILLIAM H CAMPBELL IIISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · September 18, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LUDWIGPrivate First Class · December 16, 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.