John Robert Minutoli

Captain
DET C-1, C CO, 5TH SF GROUP, SPECIAL FORCES
Army of the United States
02 January 1938 - 06 April 1967
Bayville, New York
Panel 17E Line 112

SPECIAL FORCES
Army Aviator

Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

Airborne! 		John R Minutoli

The database page for John Robert Minutoli

19 August 2002

Uncle Bobby
continues to be
remembered,
loved,
and forever in our hearts.


From his niece
Suzanne
toli@optonline.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Captain Minutoli was the Signals Officer for Detachment C-1 in Quang Nam Province.

O-1 Bird Dog

On 06 April 1967, Captain William G. Sipos of the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron and Captain Minutoli were airborne in an O-1E (tail number 51-5074) about 15 miles west of Danang, flying cover for a Special Forces operation. Both men died when the Bird Dog was brought down by enemy fire.

John R. Minutoli
was buried on 19 April 1967 in Plot W-193,
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii,
among other men of courage and integrity.





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