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ANGEL LUIS ACEVEDO-MILLAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1949 – November 28, 1969
Service recordAngel Luis Acevedo-Millan, of Juncos, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 129
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Juncos, Puerto Rico (Juncos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 129
- JOHNNIE MITCHELL WAHLSergeant · November 27, 1969
- ULYSSES WALLACEPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
- BLAINE HENRY WALSHSeaman · November 27, 1969
- THOMAS EARL ASKEWSergeant · November 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY EDWARD FICKLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 130
From Juncos
- RAFAEL A ALGARIN-RIVERASpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
- ANGEL LUIS FRAGOSA-GARCIACorporal · March 14, 1967
- MARCELINO RIVERA-CRUZGunnery Sergeant · May 10, 1967
- RAUL DEJESUS-ROSACorporal · June 22, 1970
- JAIME HERNANDEZ-CARRASQUILStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1970
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.