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LOUIS TRENT MILLS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1948 – September 3, 1969
Service recordLouis Trent Mills, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 29
- RICHARD CHARLES MILLERCaptain · September 3, 1969
- NORMAN LOUIS NESTERAKCaptain · September 3, 1969
- MARVIN EDMUND SCREENSpecialist Four · September 3, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD TITTLEWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MILTON COXSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- NEAL DAVID EPIFANIOSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 27
- GARY LEE EVANSSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- LEN MARTIN HANAWALDLieutenant Colonel · Panel 18W, Line 28
- CARL PATRICK HUGHESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- ALAN CARSON MANESSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- RICHARD CHARLES MILLERCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 29
- MARVIN EDMUND SCREENSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 29
- LEROY RUTHERFORDCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 30
- BEN FREDERICK SUTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 30
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 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.