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MILTON JAMES VESCELIUS JR
Captain · U.S. Navy
November 16, 1934 – September 21, 1967
Service recordMilton James Vescelius JR, of Milford, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on September 21, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 109
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- November 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Milford, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 21, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26E, Line 109
- WILLIAM JAY BALFOURCorporal · September 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ELLING SWENSGARDSpecialist Four · September 21, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN TATUMGunnery Sergeant · September 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD TRUSHAWPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
From Milford
- THOMAS SIMCOCK HUBBELLCaptain · December 27, 1967
- NATHAN RAY SALESPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM LUCIERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD RAMSBYSpecialist Five · March 6, 1969
- DENNIS PAUL LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
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.