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PAUL LLOYD MILIUS
Captain · U.S. Navy
February 11, 1928 – February 27, 1968
Service recordPaul Lloyd Milius, of Waverly, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on February 27, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 51
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VO 67
- Born
- February 11, 1928
- Home of record
- Waverly, Iowa (Bremer County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 27, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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
Also on Panel 41E, Line 51
- JAMES LAWRENCE LIENPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE FRANK LUBONSKIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ABELARDO MALAVE-RIOSFirst Sergeant · February 27, 1968
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
From Waverly
- DONALD PAUL MCGRANEPetty Officer Second Class · July 19, 1967
- VERLYN CARL BRUNSCorporal · January 11, 1970
- THOMAS ALAN PORTERCorporal · February 20, 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.