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MILLS BEALE III
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1935 – May 11, 1969
Service recordMills Beale III, of Franklin, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 46
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aeroscout Observer (93B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1935
- Home of record
- Franklin, Virginia (Franklin (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 46
- JAMES LELAND SIPESMajor · May 10, 1969
- EDWARD ARNOLD BARLOWSpecialist Five · May 11, 1969
- MALCOLM FRANK BELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- RONALD JAMES CARTERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- GARY GENE DAGLEYSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ARNOLD BARLOWSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 46
- MALCOLM FRANK BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 46
- JAMES MICHAEL GILBERTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 47
From Franklin
- ROLAND A CUTCHINSSergeant · March 26, 1967
- JAMES EDDY TURNERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- JOSEPH C SPENCE JRFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1970
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.