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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Dain W Milliman.

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DAIN W MILLIMAN

Major · U.S. Air Force

November 1, 1928 – November 10, 1966

Service record

Dain W Milliman, of Birmingham, Michigan, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 10, 1966, in Thailand, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12E · Line 51

Position of Panel 12E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Born
November 1, 1928
Home of record
Birmingham, Michigan (Oakland County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 10, 1966
Age
38
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

Also on Panel 12E, Line 51

From Birmingham

All 13 names from Birmingham →

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.