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DON WAYNE MINTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1946 – May 4, 1967
Service recordDon Wayne Minton, of Vidor, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Vidor, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 39
- JESSIE LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- MARSHALL KENNETH MORRISPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
From Vidor
- EMMETT HARVEY HORNSergeant · December 23, 1964
- VANNY CHRIS MAHANAPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- DONALD JEANE SWEATStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- DARRELL LYNN TRUMBLELance Corporal · August 13, 1968
- LEE ALBERT KEITHCorporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT WARREN ALVERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 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.