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ALBERTO MILAR JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1946 – September 7, 1969
Service recordAlberto Milar JR, of Hilo, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 55
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Hilo, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 55
- CAMERON TRENT MCALLISTERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE PEETZKESergeant · September 7, 1969
- ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKESpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 53
- JOHN LEWIS ERFORD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 53
- PAUL FREDERICK FOULKSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 54
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 55
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 57
From Hilo
- CHARLES MAHELONA IOPACorporal · September 10, 1965
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · December 6, 1965
- KAORU HONDASpecialist Five · September 3, 1967
- FRED KAWAILANI MAS HATADASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- STEVEN ROSS WOLTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
- KENYU SHIMABUKUROGunnery Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- RODNEY TAMOTSU FUKUNAGACorporal · April 9, 1969
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- MICHAEL SEIJI NAKASHIMASpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- ERROL WAYNE PERREIRAPrivate First Class · May 22, 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.