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JOHNSON MINNITEE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1944 – December 27, 1967
Service recordJohnson Minnitee JR, of Ellenwood, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Ellenwood, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 79
- MICHAEL JAMES MINORCorporal · December 27, 1967
- BEN OWENSSergeant · December 27, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE PARKERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BINKOPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 68
- DAVID LEONARD BOGGSCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 69
- WILLIAM ARNOLD CASONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 70
- OSSIE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 80
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.