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LAURENCE ARTHUR MILLETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1945 – August 31, 1969
Service recordLaurence Arthur Millett, of Norway, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Norway, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 16
- DONALD WAYNE KIMSEYMajor · August 31, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM MAJORSSergeant · August 31, 1969
- HOLLIS GARNELL MAPLECorporal · August 31, 1969
- LAURANCE RICHARD MOHN JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1969
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.