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GEORGE AUREL MILIKA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1949 – October 26, 1970
Service recordGeorge Aurel Milika, of Monessen, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 23
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Monessen, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 23
- ROBERT MICHAEL GAFFIGANLance Corporal · October 26, 1970
- THOMAS ANTHONY GOEBELSergeant · October 26, 1970
- DALE VERNON HARGROVEPrivate · October 26, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE HENDRIXSpecialist Four · October 26, 1970
From Monessen
- JOHN PATRICK ONDERKOCaptain · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LHOTASpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
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.