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DANNY LEE MCMINN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 20, 1946 – February 15, 1967
Service recordDanny Lee McMinn, of Hermosa Beach, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Hermosa Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- VAN DYKE WILLIAM MANNERSPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- EDGAR WILFREDO ODIOTLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PEDRO ANDRE SMITHCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 36
From Hermosa Beach
- GEORGE LEONARD SHOOK JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1965
- TIMOTHY P GUGLIELMONIPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- ANTHONY STEVEN PAPALASPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- RONALD LEE SCHUYLERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ROSS MCCANNPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- RANDE LEE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · April 21, 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.