The Wall › Panel 47E › Kentucky › Ronnie Mills
RONNIE MILLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – April 1, 1968
Service recordRonnie Mills, of Flat Lick, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 34
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Flat Lick, Kentucky (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 34
- BRIAN JOHN MATHISONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN MENTZER JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- GEORGE LEE MYERSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- RODOLFO CARRILLO SERRANOCorporal · April 1, 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.