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ROBERT NEIL MINETTO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 11, 1947 – May 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Neil Minetto, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 28
- SIDNEY B MACLEOD JRCorporal · May 9, 1968
- HOMER MITCHELL JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- MICHAEL LANG MITCHELLFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- MERRILL ANDREW MOSERCorporal · May 9, 1968
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
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.