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JUAN VELASCO MINA JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1945 – March 18, 1967
Service recordJuan Velasco Mina JR, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 106
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 106
- MICHAEL E MCNEALCorporal · March 18, 1967
- GEORGE MORGANCorporal · March 18, 1967
- DAVID WHITTIER MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PAIGECorporal · March 18, 1967
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.