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KARL WILLIAM MILLS
Captain · U.S. Army
October 8, 1945 – June 11, 1969
Service recordKarl William Mills, of Paramus, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Paramus, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 27
- RANDALL CHARLES ROBINSONCorporal · June 11, 1969
- MOSES RODGERSPrivate · June 11, 1969
- RAYMOND RICHARD SCHIFRINSergeant · June 11, 1969
- EDWARD JEROME SHAUGHNESSYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD MILTON BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 17
- RONALD GARY CROWEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 19
- FRANK F DEMARIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 19
- CHARLES DEE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 20
- FREDDY LEE HOLLOWAYCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 21
- EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- JACK CHARLES LEESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTACorporal · Panel 22W, Line 25
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 25
- DANIEL GEORGE REIDSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 26
- DOUGLAS LEE STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 28
- JAMES CLARENCE STRUBECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 28
- TERRY LEE THORNTONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 28
- BRUCE HAROLD TIBBETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 28
- CLARK LEE VERN WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 29
From Paramus
- PETER RUZILA JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- PETER EDMUND MILLARCorporal · May 21, 1967
- FRANK RONALD KERBLCaptain · October 7, 1967
- PETER TERENCE RASMUSSENSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- DAVID ALBERTLance Corporal · September 5, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK HENRYSergeant · March 10, 1970
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.