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CHARLES EUGENE MCMILLION
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1948 – May 29, 1969
Service recordCharles Eugene McMillion, of Jefferson, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Jefferson, Ohio (Ashtabula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 16
- LOUIE ZAPATA LEIJASpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- EMERSON MARTINPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- TERRY VERNON MILLERCorporal · May 29, 1969
- RONALD EDWARD MORGANPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD WAYNE POSTENPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 17
From Jefferson
- CLARENCE LEROY CASTOStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1966
- RONALD DOUGLAS BROWNFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 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.