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MARK WENDELL MINEAR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 23, 1948 – August 29, 1970
Service recordMark Wendell Minear, of Merritt Island, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 22
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Merritt Island, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 22
- DANIEL LAWRENCE GROVERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
- HARRY THOMAS HENTHORNPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
- CECIL JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · August 29, 1970
- BRIAN EDWARD JAYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HARRY THOMAS HENTHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 22
- BRIAN EDWARD JAYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 22
- HOWARD EUGENE SATTERFIELDSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 23
- LAWRENCE ELWOOD SCHEIB JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 23
- JOHN FREDERICK SHIEFERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 23
From Merritt Island
- REINIS FOXWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD HUNTSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
- SETH HAYDEN MATTHEWS IIISpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- JAMES HOMER BRADYCorporal · June 1, 1970
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.