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JAMES DALE MILLS
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1937 – January 29, 1968
Service recordJames Dale Mills, of Commerce, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 61
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 211 MAG 12 1 MAW FMFPAC
- Born
- July 1, 1937
- Home of record
- Commerce, Texas (Hunt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 35E, Line 61
- GENE LAWRENCE KUVIKStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
- NARCISO LEOS JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS MAHONEYSpecialist Five · January 29, 1968
- JIMMIE CHARLES MARRIONPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
From Commerce
- BILLY MORRISON SMITHSpecialist Five · November 8, 1963
- THOMAS KEITH KINGPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
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.