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JOHN ELLIS MINCEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 10, 1947 – July 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Ellis Mincey, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 16
- KENNETH DANIEL ARMSTRONGCorporal · July 11, 1968
- ERNEST WAYNE RUTHERFORDPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM SHALLERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- BILLY JOE SISCOPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.