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HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTE
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
April 13, 1922 – July 15, 1968
Service recordHarlene Eugene Millette, of Rapid City, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 13, 1922
- Home of record
- Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 36
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE MARTINMajor · July 15, 1968
- HENRY ALBERT MITCHELLLance Corporal · July 15, 1968
- DAVID MERRILL PRICEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN KENT DOUDSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 34
- ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRECaptain · Panel 52W, Line 37
From Rapid City
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOECaptain · January 26, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE MILLSLance Corporal · April 12, 1968
- PERCY BETTELYOUN JRCorporal · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · June 1, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 1968
- DANIEL LEONE ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 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.