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JIMMIE LEE MINCKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1929 – October 11, 1965
Service recordJimmie Lee Mincks, of New Castle, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 118
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1929
- Home of record
- New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 118
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS FAULKNERSergeant · October 11, 1965
- EDWARD A MALEWICZ JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
From New Castle
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD JASPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR KEESLINGSergeant · May 7, 1969
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.