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Michael Millner
Sergeant First Class
DET A-341 (BU DOP), A CO, 5TH SF GROUP, USARV Army of the United States Marysville, California December 17, 1942 to July 02, 1974 (Incident Date November 29, 1967) MICHAEL MILLNER is on the Wall at Panel 31E, Line 5 |
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Sgt. Millner and I served at the same time at Camp Bu Dop with the 5th Special Forces. He was a close friend, we had good and bad times. I was deeply saddened by his loss. Just a few days later I was seriously wounded. Several years ago his daughter called me and we had a long chat. There is not a day that goes by that I do not think of him. I do not think his body was ever recovered, thus he longs to come home. I will always remember him.
A memorial from a comrade-in-arms, |
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God bless you, Mike. I've prayed every day for the last 15 years and will continue to pray. We were team partners and I couldn't find you that day, Nov 29th 1967. I got hit twice within 2 hours and didn't know you were missing. Always in my thoughts. Found Posey and Pristash and were looking for you. One day --- CLOSURE!!
From a teammate, |
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Our father was a brave man who fought for his Country. He left behind 3 children and a very strong wife/mother. It has been over 38 years now since you became missing. Our hope is that someday we can lay you to rest so that our minds can rest too. The hardest part has been the never knowing. I love you even though I never got a chance to know you. You live on through us and all of your grandchildren and great grandchildren. You are and always will be such a Hero to us. Love You Daddy, Love, Always from the children left behind.... Terry, Glynda and Michael Jr.
From his daughter, |
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My mother had your father's MIA bracelet for many years. When I was 17 years old, she gave it to me. I am 33 years old now and I still have it in my jewelry box. While explaining the Vietnam War to my three sons, because their grandfather served in the war, I showed them your father's bracelet and explained what it was for. They wanted to know who Michael Millner was so I looked him up. I was able to show them the photos you posted and I believe it really made him real to them. I am sorry for your loss, but know that strangers still hold on to the hope that he will be returned to you for a proper burial.
Heather Lutton |
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We have all aged since you were taken from us, but our memories of you are so vivid it is difficult to believe 40 years have almost passed since those official tragic words were spoken, "MIA". The mind is a wonderful thing; your life with us has been recorded and will be retained within us forever. You are still the young man of strength, humor and love of adventure that is etched into our minds. The admiration and love for your wife Linda and three children, Terry, Glynda, and Michael, was obvious when you were with them. No doubt their lives would have been richer had they had the fortune of growing up in your presences. You have left them with a true legacy, which is "Honor".
Your brother in-law, |
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My mother passed away 3 years ago and I now have her MIA bracelet with Michael's name on it. After reading a little bit on Michael, the bracelet now has more meaning to me. May his family have warm memories of him and each time I read his name on the bracelet, I will think of Michael as well as my mother.
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A Note from The Virtual WallIn Vietnam, then-SSG Michael Millner was assigned to Detachment A-341 (Bu Dop), 5th Special Forces Group.On November 26, 1967, Millner was serving as an advisor to an ARVN CIDG unit which began a search and destroy operation near the border of Cambodia in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam. On November 29, while breaking for lunch, the unit was attacked by a Viet Cong company. The CIDG became completely disorganized and ran from the field as Special Forces personnel tried to cover the rear and carry the wounded. When the group finally reorganized, Millner was missing. The Special Forces advisors were unable to lead the ARVN back to the area to search for Millner, and withdrew from the area. The body of a second advisor killed in the action, SFC Herman A. McBride of Jacksonville, Alabama, was recovered. On December 2, 1967, a U.S. advisor and a six-man Vietnamese reconnaissance unit made an unsuccessful search of the area. Between December 6 and December 9, a Special Forces unit and their Cambodian trainees made an extensive ground search, supported by aircraft, with no success. SSG Michael Millner was carried as Missing in Action until 02 July 1974, when the Secretary of the Army approved a Presumptive Finding of Death changing his status from MIA to Died while Missing/Body not Recovered. From the POW Network |
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