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GERALD WAYNE MCMILLAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1947 – October 19, 1967
Service recordGerald Wayne McMillan, of Pioneer, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 41
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Pioneer, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 41
- RAYMOND ERVIN LONGLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- FRED ERNEST MACGEARYFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS MCNAMARASpecialist Five · October 19, 1967
- GARY PAT POLLEYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1967
From Pioneer
- LEONARD WAYNE LOCKARDSpecialist Five · July 10, 1964
- RALPH ARNOLD GADDISSergeant · June 22, 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.