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DALE EDWARD MILLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – December 8, 1967
Service recordDale Edward Mills, of Columbia City, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia City, Indiana (Whitley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 66
- FRANK HARRIS MOOREFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1967
- BILLY JOE MORRISONSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
- RICHARD EMMETT PRATTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- JOHN MACK RAYSergeant · December 8, 1967
From Columbia City
- REINO ARNE PANULAStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- JAMES RAY PARRETTPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- RODGER LEE EGOLFPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LYNN ARDEN HARRISSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- EVERETT T CULPPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · July 8, 1970
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.