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RODNEY KENNETH MILLS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 19, 1948 – May 5, 1970
Service recordRodney Kenneth Mills, of Alma, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 104
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Alma, Michigan (Gratiot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 104
- TSCHANN SCOTT MASHBURNCaptain · May 5, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCDONALDWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1970
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- CHRIS ANTHONY MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RAOUL DOWDSPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 100
- ROBERT EDWARD HERNDONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 102
- WILLIAM HOWARD SHALLERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 106
- ROSCOE SYBERTSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 107
From Alma
- FRANK RAYMOND JRPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT D REICHERTSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WESLEY ROY POTTERCorporal · January 20, 1969
- KENNETH REX MCNEILLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- LENARD F MOEGGENBORGCorporal · August 24, 1969
- DEWITT STANLEY VANCECaptain · December 17, 1969
- DAYLE RAYMOND HALLSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
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.