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ARLIE BROOKS MILAM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1950 – April 17, 1969
Service recordArlie Brooks Milam, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 102
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 102
- CHARLES VERNON NEWTONMaster Sergeant · April 17, 1969
- WILLIAM ORTEGAPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- JAMES W PATTERSON JRSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- LESLIE ALLEN POWELLCorporal · April 17, 1969
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
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.