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ROBERT RAY MCGINNIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1949 – July 2, 1969
Service recordRobert Ray McGinnis, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 47
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Arkansas (Craighead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 47
- CARL EDWARD LAMBERSON JRFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1969
- BOBBY LEE MCCOYSergeant · July 2, 1969
- STEPHEN TRUE MOODYWarrant Officer 1 · July 2, 1969
- TIMOTHY CRAIG NUNNALLYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LARUE WILLIAMSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 49
From Jonesboro
- BRITT TELL JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD CRAINSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD EUGENE STROUDSergeant · May 13, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RONEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- GEORGE D HENRY JRCaptain · August 13, 1970
- JOSEPH LEE CHAMBERSFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1970
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · April 24, 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.