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ROBBIE RAY MILLS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 16, 1938 – February 15, 1967
Service recordRobbie Ray Mills, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 34
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1938
- Home of record
- Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- VAN DYKE WILLIAM MANNERSPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- DANNY LEE MCMINNCorporal · February 15, 1967
- EDGAR WILFREDO ODIOTLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
From Phenix City
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 1968
- JACOB BENNETTPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
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.