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DENZELL RAY MILLS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – October 16, 1967
Service recordDenzell Ray Mills, of Newfane, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Newfane, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 16
- JOSE LOPEZSergeant · October 16, 1967
- CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTINSpecialist Four · October 16, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MIDDLETONStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- JAMES W PRATHERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALTER BURKECorporal · Panel 28E, Line 14
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 14
- CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 16
- JAMES W PRATHERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 16
From Newfane
- ORVILLE NELSON JONESSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- MICHAEL WALTER DOYLECorporal · March 8, 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.