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ROBERT PERRY MILLS JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
November 12, 1941 – November 2, 1967
Service recordRobert Perry Mills JR, of Arlington, Texas, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 12
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Dental Corps (2200)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 DENT CO 3 MED BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 DENT CO 3 MED BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 12
- ROBERT EVERETT MOOREPrivate First Class · November 2, 1967
- RICHARD DAVID MORROWCommander · November 2, 1967
- DANA ALLEN PITTSLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- DAVID HOWARD SHOEMAKERSergeant · November 2, 1967
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD HUNTMajor · August 20, 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.