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RICHARD THOMAS MILLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1944 – May 4, 1968
Service recordRichard Thomas Mills, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 37
- GEORGE CAROLL LETMATESergeant · May 4, 1968
- BRUCE STUART LINDSAYLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- JOE JUNIOR MASKSergeant First Class · May 4, 1968
- BERNARD RICHARD MAZURSKYSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL HAROLD BONIFANTStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 30
- ROBERT WOODROW DAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 32
- WILLIAM WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 35
- GERALD DEAN KLEINSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 35
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 39
- ANTHONY WILFRED TORRESPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 41
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
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.