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MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUS
Captain · U.S. Army
November 2, 1928 – May 28, 1965
Service recordMillard Russell Valerius, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 127
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 2, 1928
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 127
- EDWARD ROGER PIPERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 28, 1965
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- FOSTER F TRIGGSPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · Panel 1E, Line 125
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 127
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 127
From Grand Rapids
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- HARVEY LYN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
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.