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ARTHUR LEE MILLS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1949 – April 12, 1968
Service recordArthur Lee Mills, of Rapid City, South Dakota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 34
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 34
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MELTON JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- PETER ACOSTA MENDOZAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- MICHAEL WESLEY MILLERPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
From Rapid City
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOECaptain · January 26, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- PERCY BETTELYOUN JRCorporal · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · June 1, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 1968
- DANIEL LEONE ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
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.