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CHARLES RUDOLPH MILTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1947 – May 15, 1967
Service recordCharles Rudolph Milton JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 2
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 2
- JOHN EARL MCVAYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- HOMER JULIUS MYERSCorporal · May 15, 1967
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.