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DANIEL JAMES MINOR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1949 – February 27, 1969
Service recordDaniel James Minor, of Everett, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 82
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 82
- HENRY MADISON JRSergeant · February 27, 1969
- ADOLFO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- MANUEL MARTINEZPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- EARL THOMAS MOORE JRPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HYRAM MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 83
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
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.