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VICTOR LANE MILLS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1944 – April 18, 1969
Service recordVictor Lane Mills, of Harlan, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Harlan, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 1
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MOREHOUSESergeant · April 1, 1969
- LARRY JACK LUCASSergeant · April 18, 1969
- JOHN PAUL LYONCaptain · April 18, 1969
- ROY FRANCIS MAASSpecialist Five · April 18, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY BRINKERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- JOHN BURGESSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 105
- GEORGE CLARENCE DAHLMANSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 106
- ROBERT LEE PARKCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 3
- RONALD HOWARD RILEYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 3
- PERRY JAY SCOTTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 3
- CHARLES DUDLEY SHORTSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 4
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 4
- TIMOTHY TAYLOR TIPTONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 4
From Harlan
- CARLOS DAVID MOOREPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ALFRED EVARTS WHITEHEADPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- GEORGE THOMPSON JRSergeant · March 25, 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.