The Wall › Panel 20W › Illinois › Donald Kenneth Mink
DONALD KENNETH MINK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1948 – July 19, 1969
Service recordDonald Kenneth Mink, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 21
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (71F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 21
- RONALD IVAN BUCHANANFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1969
- CARROL FAYNE MEADOWSSergeant First Class · July 19, 1969
- MACK LEE MITCHELLCorporal · July 19, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS BASS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 17
- MACK LEE MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 21
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 21
- MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 22
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 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.