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ROBERT THOMAS MILLS
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
July 13, 1942 – June 26, 1972
Service recordRobert Thomas Mills, of Clearlake Highlands, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 26, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 50
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
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- July 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Clearlake Highlands, California (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1972. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 50
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MARTINLieutenant Commander · June 26, 1972
- FARRELL JUNIOR SULLIVANColonel · June 27, 1972
- DONALD FREDERICK YERYARStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1972
- GORDON ROBERT UHLERSenior Chief Petty Officer · June 28, 1972
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.