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MILTON HARRIS LEGRAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1945 – November 20, 1966
Service recordMilton Harris Legrand, of Badin, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Badin, North Carolina (Stanly County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 12E, Line 96
- RICHARD PETER MASSINEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1966
- JAMES A MCCALVYPrivate First Class · November 20, 1966
- DAVID MENDEZPrivate First Class · November 20, 1966
- ARNOLD C PEARSONStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 94
- PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 95
- RICHARD PETER MASSINEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 96
- JAMES A MCCALVYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 96
- HARRY KAY VARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 97
- WELDON HORACE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 98
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.