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LAWRENCE STEVEN MILLS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 20, 1950 – April 11, 1969
Service recordLawrence Steven Mills, of Marquand, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- May 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Marquand, Missouri (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 58
- WILLIAM LEE OWEN JRSecond Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- JOSEPH FLAVIO PAEZCorporal · April 11, 1969
- CLIFTON DENNIS POTTSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- PETER EDWARD REECESpecialist Five · April 11, 1969
From Marquand
- CLIFFORD DALE COMBSPrivate First Class · February 25, 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.