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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Clifford Millender.

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ROBERT CLIFFORD MILLENDER

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

February 13, 1948 – February 14, 1970

Service record

Robert Clifford Millender, of Carrabelle, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13W · Line 10

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
9 INF DIV
Born
February 13, 1948
Home of record
Carrabelle, Florida (Franklin County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 14, 1970
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 13W, Line 10

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.