Death
The week after he was injured and returned to his unit, he was accidentally shot by another American soldier. It was nighttime and Minniece was moving between positions when a man from a nearby unit mistook him for an enemy soldier. He died on August 9th, 1944, from this injury. He was buried in St. James – Avranches Cemetery in France on April 29, 1948.
The week after he was injured and returned to his unit, he was accidentally shot by another American soldier. It was nighttime and Minniece was moving between positions when a man from a nearby unit mistook him for an enemy soldier. He died on August 9th, 1944, from this injury. He was buried in St. James – Avranches Cemetery in France on April 29, 1948.