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JAMES BURTON MILLS
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
August 31, 1940 – September 21, 1966
Service recordJames Burton Mills, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on September 21, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 130
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 21 CVA USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- August 31, 1940
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 21, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 10E, Line 130
- JAMES LLOYD PETTIFORDLance Corporal · September 21, 1966
- ANTHONY BRUCE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS SEWELL JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RONALD FRAN VANRAEMDONCKPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · February 28, 1967
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.