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JOHN ROBERT MINUTOLI
Captain · U.S. Army
January 2, 1938 – April 6, 1967
Service recordJohn Robert Minutoli, of Bayville, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Forces (30210)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 2, 1938
- Home of record
- Bayville, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 112
- JOHNNY ELMER LEWISPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- EUGENE MCCRAYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- KENNETH EARL MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · April 6, 1967
From Bayville
- WILLIAM EUGENE SANZOVERINOSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- DONALD LYNN DELAPLAINEWarrant Officer 1 · June 28, 1971
- THOMAS JOSEPH JOZEFOWSKICaptain · June 25, 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.