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Submitted: 8/11/21 • Approved: 8/11/21 • Last Updated: 8/14/21 • R1386135-G0-S3
MAJOR 255th Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Infantry Division Military Police Company
World War II
Korea
January 7, 1921 - August 19, 2006
Bronze Star Medal
* Obituary
The Kansas City Star
Kansas City, Missouri
August 21, 2006
Vincent F. McGinnis, (Retired) 85, of Harrisonville, Mo., died Saturday, August 19, 2006, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 23, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Harrisonville, Mo. Inurnment will be in the church columbarium. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the church. Vince was born January 7, 1921, in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Frank Albert and Minnie (Dyer) McGinnis. He lived in Sioux City until the Iowa National Guard was mobilized into the Armed Services in February 1941. Vincent served in WWII with the 255th Field Artillery Battalion across Omaha Beach and remained with this unit throughout the war. He served during the occupation as an investigator, with assignments in France and Germany. During 1951 and 1953, Vincent was sent to Korea and became Commanding Officer of the 3rd Infantry Division MP Company and was awarded the Bronze Star. He finished his career in the States and retired on April 30, 1961, after 20 years of service. After retirement from the military, Vincent worked for the U. S. Treasury Department and the State Department for 24 years before retiring again on March 29, 1986. He spent several years as a volunteer Deputy Sheriff in Cass County. Vincent married Clora Lackey Goff in 1966. He lived in Miami Beach and Miami, Florida from 1965 until 1995, when he moved to Harrisonville. He was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Harrisonville and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign War. Vincent is survived by his wife, Clora (Corky), of the home; daughters, Virginia Feagin, and Pam Marcum and her husband Lance, all of Sacramento, Calif.; stepson Rod Goff and his wife Marcie, Lawndale, Calif.; stepdaughter Soozie Linden, Harrisonville, Mo.; grandsons Cameron Marcum, Doug Linden, Daniel Goff and Shawn Goff; granddaughters Corynn Gilbert and husband Saxon and Heather Linden and four great granddaughters. Vincent is also survived by his sister, Virginia Wensel and a niece, Susan Wensel, Sioux City, Iowa; sisters and brothers-in-law Mary Nelson, Fannie and Cecil Sanders, Cad and Betty Lackey, Lynn and Louise Lackey, Vista and Jack Bowers, Jack and Grace Lackey, Joan and Everett Bake, Gwen and Mike Hall and numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements: Atkinson Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Mo., (816) 380-3268.
[NOTE: Inurnment was originally in Saint Peter Episcopal Columbarium, Harrisonville, Missouri, but cremains were moved to the Galatia Cemetery near Norfork, Arkansas in 2021.]
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