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GARY DON MCMILLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1949 – November 6, 1970
Service recordGary Don McMillin, of Osceola, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 43
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Osceola, Missouri (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 43
- HERBERT HUBERT MOORESergeant · November 6, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS PETTITT SRSergeant · November 6, 1970
- DONALD RAYMOND SOLESLance Corporal · November 6, 1970
- CHARLES VINCENT DONOHOECaptain · November 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.