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LEWIS EDWARD MILAM
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 29, 1946 – March 21, 1967
Service recordLewis Edward Milam, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 8
- FLOR MARRERO-BAEZPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- HENRY ROBERT MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JOHNNIE MURRAY MAYOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS MINOGUEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL THOMAS ANTHONYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 127
- JUAN PASCUA AVILES-AVILESSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 128
- GUYE RAYMOND BENSONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 129
- SCOTT CANNON BOWCUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 129
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 130
- TIMOTHY EASLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 1
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 5
- DENNIS KLINESpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 6
- WILLIAM EDWARD LUNDPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 7
- MICHAEL G SUDBOROUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 7
- HENRY ROBERT MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 8
- JOHNNIE MURRAY MAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 8
- THOMAS FRANCIS MINOGUEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 8
- DAVID EUGENE MCLEMORESergeant · Panel 17E, Line 9
- THOMAS JOSEPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 9
- ROBERT LEE KASTERCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 10
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 10
- JOHN WILLIAM ODIERNOSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 11
- PERCIE EDWARD OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 11
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · Panel 17E, Line 12
- ROGER DUANE ROSEBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 13
- DENNIS BERNARD STOCKWELLCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 14
- HAYZELL CALVIN TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 15
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- SIDNEY LAMAR LEONARDCaptain · February 10, 1968
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.