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DAVID W MILDE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1945 – December 21, 1967
Service recordDavid W Milde, of Rochester, Minnesota, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · 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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Rochester, Minnesota (Olmsted County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 38
- RICHARD HUGH MCHAMPetty Officer Third Class · December 21, 1967
- JOSE MEDEL MENDOZAPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOORE JRPrivate · December 21, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL SCOTT BUKALAPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 34
- RICHARD ALAN KASKEPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 36
From Rochester
- DOUGLAS DEWEY WALLINPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
- PAUL JAMES ALLENCorporal · April 11, 1968
- PAUL WARREN PAINELieutenant Commander · May 7, 1968
- BYRL WILLIAM GAERTNERLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- DONNIE ADELBERT GEERDESLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES SKANSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM WATSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · March 25, 1969
- RONNIE GENE KLOMSTADSeaman · May 24, 1969
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.