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HAROLD NORMAN MINNIEAR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1948 – June 20, 1968
Service recordHarold Norman Minniear, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 8
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 8
- MARVIN RAYMOND MCCAIN JRStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1968
- ROBERT LEWIS MCGEE JRSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- TERRY LEE PARSONSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- EARL TIMOTHY PELHAM JRSergeant First Class · June 20, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.