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EMIL MAX MILTNOVICH
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 24, 1953 – September 25, 1971
Service recordEmil Max Miltnovich, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1953
- Home of record
- Rock Springs, Wyoming (Sweetwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 25
- STEVEN REED HANSONWarrant Officer 1 · September 24, 1971
- JEROME DEAN TODDSpecialist Five · September 24, 1971
- JERRY OWEN LAFAYETTESpecialist Four · September 25, 1971
- JOHN JEROME MILLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 25, 1971
From Rock Springs
- STEPHEN WILLIAM STARKPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES SULLIVAN ROYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
- CANDELARIO PATRICK BUSTOSLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ROMEROSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- DONALD WARREN CHIPP JRSergeant · November 12, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
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.