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WALTER WILLIAM MCGINN
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
December 27, 1913 – September 12, 1968
Service recordWalter William McGinn, of Mattapan, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 54. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 39
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO NMCB 1 3 NC BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1913
- Home of record
- Mattapan, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 54
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO NMCB 1 3 NC BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 39
- LARRY WAYNE JANSENSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- JOSEPH MACONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- KENNETH LEROY MARTINPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RONALD STEVEN MARTINPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
From Mattapan
- JEFFREY PHILIP MYERSLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- THOMAS A MCCORMICK JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM SHALLERPrivate First Class · July 11, 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.