SUMMARY
CPL McGinness died
in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
on 10/19/1968
during the Vietnam War
as a member of Bravo Company
.
The soldier's injury type or status was recorded as 'Other Explosive Device'.
McGinness
originated from Burlington, Massachusetts
.
DETAILS
On October 19, 1968, at 1115 hours, while sweeping through an area south of the Ben Cui Rubber Plantation at XT 456419, one Bobcat from Company B was killed and another was wounded when a booby trapped RPG round was detonated. About 500 meters to the west, the Recon Platoon located a small food and ammunition cache.
At 1656 hours, Company C, working the area just to the southeast of the Highway 19 and 238 split, discovered a cache containing 7 weapons.
