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ROBERT ALLEN MCMILLIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 24, 1949 – November 7, 1969
Service recordRobert Allen McMillin, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 43
- GERALD DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONCorporal · November 7, 1969
- CHARLES CRAWFORD NAPPERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALFRED GAISERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 42
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 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.