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DENNIS JAMES MINKUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1949 – January 13, 1969
Service recordDennis James Minkus, of Port Vue, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Port Vue, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 83
- DARRELL EUGENE HOLDINGPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- STEPHEN GERE KELLYSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- WILLIE JUNIOR MARSHALLSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- JOSEPH CRAIG MARTINPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK THOMAS DEMARCOPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 81
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.