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RONALD JAMES MILNE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1950 – May 12, 1970
Service recordRonald James Milne, of Terry, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 26
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Terry, Montana (Prairie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 26
- CHARLES MARION KOONCorporal · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT LEE LEMONSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- LEOPOLDO AYALA LOPEZSergeant · May 12, 1970
- STAN MENDYSpecialist Six · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ANDREW GALLIONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 24
- STEVEN CARL SEEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 29
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.