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EDWARD WALTER MILAN
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 28, 1944 – March 4, 1968
Service recordEdward Walter Milan, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 4, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Darlac Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Darlac Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 71
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- JEREMIAS ROMANPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- CAMILO JAMES SANCHEZSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- DONALD BARON SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 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.