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DANIEL JOSEPH MINAHAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1945 – January 22, 1969
Service recordDaniel Joseph Minahan, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 22, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 60
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ea-6a/B Electronic Warfare Officer (I) (7582)
- Born
- February 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 60
- FREDDY ALFORD MCGEESpecialist Five · January 22, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM MOKUAU JRLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- WILLIAM MATHIAS MOOERSLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- AUBRA ERLE MORGAN JRLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 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.