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CALVIN M MINOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – June 15, 1969
Service recordCalvin M Minor, of Culpeper, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 55
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Culpeper, Virginia (Culpeper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 55
- ALTON RAY PHILLIPSSergeant · June 15, 1969
- FRANK JOHN PICELLE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- PETER PAUL RUBIOCorporal · June 15, 1969
- WILSON DECOSTA THOMASCorporal · June 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CHARLES FANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 51
From Culpeper
- MICHAEL EDWARD STEWARTLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- JOHN ROBIN VRABELPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- PAUL SILVEY COLVINFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1967
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- HENRY THOMAS CURTIS IIPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- THOMAS LEE STANLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINCHAMSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- DANIEL LEWIS WOODPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- FLOYD BURNETT COATESSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.