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RICHARD LEE MCMINN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1948 – April 19, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee McMinn, of Marietta, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Marietta, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 25
- GLENN THOMAS RIDLEYSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JERRY LEROY RISINGERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JON CHARLES SAPPStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- JEFFREY PAUL SEARLESPrivate First Class · April 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY PAUL SEARLESPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 25
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.