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WILBUR LOVING MINTER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1946 – March 14, 1968
Service recordWilbur Loving Minter JR, of Garland, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Garland, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 50
- WILLIAM RICHARD MARYFIELDSergeant · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM WALKER MCCONNELLSpecialist Five · March 14, 1968
- EARL CHESTER MINARDSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS MORSE JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
From Garland
- VIRGIL LYNN STEPHENLance Corporal · July 19, 1965
- DANIEL GORDON ROGERSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- DAVID KEITH MONEACHICorporal · April 16, 1967
- STERLING CRAIG HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- TOMMIE VAUGHN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- EVERETT LEE MAXWELLPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS NEASBITTSergeant · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS MUSECorporal · August 16, 1969
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.