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MILFORD LOONEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1948 – March 16, 1969
Service recordMilford Looney JR, of Ragland, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Ragland, Alabama (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 54
- WILLIE JAMES KIRKSEYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1969
- DICKIE DEAN KOELL JRLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- JAMES MARVIN LEEPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- WILLIE EDWARD MALONE JRSergeant · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE EDWARD MALONE JRSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 54
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.