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RONALD DEAN MCMILLEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1950 – December 16, 1969
Service recordRonald Dean McMillen, of Hamilton, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 64
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Illinois (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 64
- JAMES EDWARD HAYESWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1969
- GLEN EUGENE HOWARDPetty Officer Third Class · December 16, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE JEROPrivate First Class · December 16, 1969
- SVEN STERNING MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALEIGH JOHN SNELL JRSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 65
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.