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JOHN MICHAEL MINOR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
September 1, 1948 – March 17, 1972
Service recordJohn Michael Minor, of Post, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 17, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 116
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Post, Texas (Garza County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1972; 12 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 116
- JOHN JAMES MOYNAHANSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
- JAMES JODY POCKEYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1972
- CHARLES HOWARD SCHELLINGSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
- ALBERTO VADIRODRIGUEZSpecialist Five · March 17, 1972
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.