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FAIRLEY WAIN MILLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1944 – May 4, 1966
Service recordFairley Wain Mills, of Camden-On-Gauley, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Born
- June 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Camden-On-Gauley, West Virginia (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 26
- MALAKIA JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- RUDOLPH JACKYMACKPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT KESTERSONMajor · May 4, 1966
- JIMMY MCDONALD MALONEStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
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.