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WILLIAM JOHN MILCO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1950 – March 28, 1971
Service recordWilliam John Milco, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 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 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 88
- CARL BARRY MCGEEFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1971
- LARRY WILLIAM MCKEESergeant · March 28, 1971
- LAYMON PALMERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1971
- STEVEN DALE PLATHPrivate · March 28, 1971
- CHESTER RANDY ODOM IIIPrivate · March 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ARTHUR BONDSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 85
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.