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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Audley Duane Mills.

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AUDLEY DUANE MILLS

Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army

December 3, 1934 – October 11, 1971

Service record

Audley Duane Mills, of Macy, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2W · Line 38

Position of Panel 2W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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 First Class (SFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
December 3, 1934
Home of record
Macy, Indiana (Miami County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 11, 1971
Age
36
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

Two names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 2W, Line 38

From Macy

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.