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DONALD MILLS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1934 – March 25, 1967
Service recordDonald Mills, of Queens Village, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1934
- Home of record
- Queens Village, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 45
- ANTHONY JOSEPH KORPISZ JRCorporal · March 25, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD LEGATECaptain · March 25, 1967
- RAYMOND LOUIS MACKLINLance Corporal · March 25, 1967
- GLENN ALFRED MENOWSKYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BURDETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 43
- KENNETH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 44
From Queens Village
- ARTHUR CAVANAGHSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN JANKOWSKISpecialist Four · July 13, 1966
- CHARLES LUDWIGStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- RICHARD MARTIN SAMORAYCorporal · August 14, 1968
- GARY PHILIP SINCLAIRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
- DOUGLAS GERALD MACNEILFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 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.