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JOHN EMERSON MILENDER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1931 – January 28, 1966
Service recordJohn Emerson Milender, of Counce, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 103
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 17, 1931
- Home of record
- Counce, Tennessee (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 103
- CARLOS FIGUEREDOLance Corporal · January 28, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD GRANTSecond Lieutenant · January 28, 1966
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- TAYLOR DOUGLAS JOHNSONMajor · January 28, 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.