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RICKEY DUANE MILLS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 15, 1952 – September 9, 1970
Service recordRickey Duane Mills, of Ft Collins, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 49
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 15, 1952
- Home of record
- Ft Collins, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 49
- ELTON WILLIAM LEWISPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- KEVIN FRANCIS LYNCHSpecialist Four · September 9, 1970
- GALEN SPINKS MILESPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- TIM EDWIN NEWELLSergeant · September 9, 1970
From Ft Collins
- EVERETT ROBERT ANDERSONSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROCKFORD WAYNE GODDARDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- BARRY BERNDT MYHRFireman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- PETER MACIEL JRCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LEROY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD L FAHRENBRUCHSergeant · April 3, 1968
- RONALD GENE CATTERSONSergeant · June 29, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD WHITNEYSergeant · July 3, 1968
- FRANK DEPAUL SARACINO JRSergeant · March 20, 1969
- BLAINE PATRICK SMILIECorporal · April 27, 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.