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JOHN PAUL MILLS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1947 – October 18, 1968
Service recordJohn Paul Mills, of Sebastopol, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 74
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Sebastopol, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 74
- HERBERT CYRIL LANGENHORSTCorporal · October 18, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND LUXCorporal · October 18, 1968
- RICARDO RAUL MARTINEZCorporal · October 18, 1968
- LESTER CLEO MCGINNIS IISergeant · October 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY CARROLL GREENCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 73
- DANNY LEE ROSECorporal · Panel 40W, Line 1
From Sebastopol
- WILLIAM DAVID BLESSMANSergeant · June 17, 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.