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DAVID LEE MILLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 18, 1946 – June 1, 1969
Service recordDavid Lee Mills, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 38
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 38
- RAY EDWARD KNOLLSergeant · June 1, 1969
- LEONARD LEROY LEWISSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- RUBEN LOPEZ-MERCEDSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- JESSE STEPHEN MANUEL JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM GETZPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 36
- MICHAEL DENNIS GOELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 36
- RICHARD JACOB SIGWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 40
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.