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DALE E MILAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1942 – April 9, 1967
Service recordDale E Milam, of Prosperity, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Prosperity, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- 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 April 9, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 6
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- GARY FREDRICK PAARZLance Corporal · April 9, 1967
- DALE EDWIN PLOTEPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY CLINTON EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 2
- CARIO FULLERCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 3
- GLENN JOHN HLAVACEKCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 4
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 5
- WILLIAM CURTIS MADISONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 5
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 5
- CHARLES ALBERT STOKENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 7
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.