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DWIGHT JED MINNIEAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 18, 1950 – January 20, 1972
Service recordDwight Jed Minniear, of Orange, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1972. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 99
- RONALD ANTHONY LONGFELLOWSpecialist Four · January 19, 1972
- HAROLD DAVID KRASHESLieutenant Colonel · January 20, 1972
- JIMMY LYN DUNAGANSergeant · January 21, 1972
- JOSEPH JOHN SLIFKA JRFirst Lieutenant · January 21, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DONALD BERDAHLPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 98
- HARRY JEROME EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 98
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 1968
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.