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MILTON EUGENE FLOWERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 1, 1947 – May 29, 1968
Service recordMilton Eugene Flowers, of High Point, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- High Point, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 63W, Line 5
- MARVIN EUGENE COLELance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- STEPHEN SCOTT DONOHUEPrivate · May 29, 1968
- JUAN ANGEL ELIASSergeant · May 29, 1968
- JOHNNY PATTON FIECHTERLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANANIAS BOYDSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 3
- LAURENCE CURTIS CAPLANSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 3
- VAN ALLEN NORRISCorporal · Panel 63W, Line 10
From High Point
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · November 4, 1965
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- PHILIP OWEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1968
- FLOYD TYRONE SPENCERSergeant · March 11, 1968
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID HELMSTETLERFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1968
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.