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LYNN ELDON MINCE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1937 – November 14, 1965
Service recordLynn Eldon Mince, of Adams City, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 3, 1937
- Home of record
- Adams City, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 49
- EDDIE BILLUPS JRAirman · November 3, 1965
- JACK EARL GELLSergeant · November 14, 1965
- BURREL DALE HUEBNERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- FLOYD DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 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.