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CHRISTOPHER ALAN H MINTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordChristopher Alan H Minton, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 5
- STEPHEN EUGENE BREINERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- DENNIS LEE GILESSpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
- ALLEN WADE INGRAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- KENNETH HENRY MASHLYKINPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE CLEVELAND BERRYCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 3
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.