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THOMAS WAYNE MILLS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 1, 1949 – May 28, 1968
Service recordThomas Wayne Mills, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- March 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 14
- RAUL ALBERT OBREGONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN EDWIN PETERSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · May 28, 1968
- STANLEY F PONIKTERA JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.