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MILO STEVEN HOMSTAD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 11, 1947 – July 4, 1968
Service recordMilo Steven Homstad, of Hallock, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Hallock, Minnesota (Kittson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 10
- DANIEL NORBERT GLOWACKIFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE GREENECorporal · July 4, 1968
- STEVEN FRANCIS HARPERSpecialist Five · July 4, 1968
- PAUL LASZLO KAPPLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
From Hallock
- RICHARD DALE MCGOVERNPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID BENGTSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD ARTHUR KNUTSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1973
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.