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JOHN H MINCEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1942 – February 9, 1966
Service recordJohn H Mincey, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 20
- JOHN DAVID BOWMAN IIISergeant · February 9, 1966
- WILLIAM COOLEYSergeant · February 9, 1966
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DAVID BOWMAN IIISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 20
- WILLIAM COOLEYSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 20
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 21
- WILLIAM DAVID SETTLEMIREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 21
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
- ALLEN DE-NICOLAStaff Sergeant · February 12, 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.