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DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLAN
Captain · U.S. Army
January 2, 1939 – April 2, 1966
Service recordDonald Franklin McMillan, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 12 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 76
- PAUL RUSSEL HATTABAUGHSergeant · April 2, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- NORMAN NORWOOD MILLERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- WELDON DALE MOSSPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- ESTEVAN TORRESMaster Sergeant · March 22, 1968
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.