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WILLIAM E MCGINNIS II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1945 – May 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam E McGinnis II, of Grand Haven, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Grand Haven, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 38
- JAMES SCOTT GRAHAMLieutenant Commander · May 4, 1967
- PAUL THEODORE KOHRCorporal · May 4, 1967
- ANTHONY EDMOND KUNZSergeant · May 4, 1967
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1967
- JACK RONALD LENNERSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN BRYNELSENPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- JOHN STANBOROUGH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- RALPH WOODWARD CRYTZER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 36
- PAUL JONES DENNISSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 36
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 38
- JACK RONALD LENNERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 38
- RICHARD K WHITFIELDStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 41
From Grand Haven
- ROBERT JOHN HODALSergeant Major · March 4, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN GOFFPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- SCOTTY GENE AUSTINSpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- MARK ALAN VANBEUKERINGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS WILKINSONSpecialist Four · October 16, 1969
- CHARLES DONALD MATHEWSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1970
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.