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CARROLL RAY MILLS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 24, 1951 – February 6, 1971
Service recordCarroll Ray Mills, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 81
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 81
- FRANK JOHN GASPERICH JRCorporal · February 6, 1971
- AMBERS ANDREW HAMILTONSpecialist Five · February 6, 1971
- ROBERT PAUL JACQUESSpecialist Four · February 6, 1971
- MICHAEL JAMES KERLCaptain · February 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN AARONCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 80
- DAVID LEE ALEXANDERCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 80
- KENNETH WAYNE BONESTROOCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 80
- AMBERS ANDREW HAMILTONSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 81
- ROBERT PAUL JACQUESSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 81
- MICHAEL JAMES KERLCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 81
- ROBERT JAMES ROGERSSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 82
- CURTIS LELAND WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 82
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 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.