Vietnam War
Unit | Observation Squadron 67 |
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Rank | Captain U.S. Navy |
Entered Service From | Waverly Iowa |
Date of Death | February 27 1968 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Captain Milius was a member of Observation Squadron 67 located at the Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. On February 27, 1968, he was the pilot of a Lockheed Neptune Observation Patrol Aircraft (OP-2E) on an armed patrol 15 miles southwest of the Ban Karai Pass, Khammouane Province, Laos, when it was hit by anti-aircraft artillery and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.