CECIL R MILLSPAUGH
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HONORED ON PANEL 46E, LINE 39 OF THE WALL

CECIL RAY MILLSPAUGH

WALL NAME

CECIL R MILLSPAUGH

PANEL / LINE

46E/39

DATE OF BIRTH

10/04/1944

CASUALTY PROVINCE

KONTUM

DATE OF CASUALTY

03/26/1968

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COUNTY OF RECORD

Cassia County

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LEFT FOR CECIL RAY MILLSPAUGH
POSTED ON 10.4.2023
POSTED BY: ANON

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Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH
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POSTED ON 5.23.2023
POSTED BY: john fabris

honoring you...

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….
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POSTED ON 10.5.2022

Attack on FSB 14 - March 26, 1968

Operation MacArthur took place in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam during October 12, 1967 to January 31, 1969. The U.S. 4th Infantry Division had responsible for the defense of the provincial and district capitals along National Route QL-14, a paved road that ran north to south through the middle of the Central Highlands. Opposing the 4th Infantry Division was the North Vietnamese Army’s (NVA) B3 Front, a headquarters that controlled all the main force units in the provinces of Kontum, Pleiku, and Darlac, and the western portions of Binh Dinh and Phu Bon Provinces. In a direct challenge to the NVA, the Americans constructed Fire Support Base 14 eighteen miles west of Kontum City in Kontum Province, RVN. The outpost was established by the 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment to protect the Polei Kleng Special Forces Camp seven miles to the east. The base had no above ground structures and its occupants lived in dugout shelters. The perimeter was bounded by concertina wire, a tenuous obstacle to the determined NVA which occupied the hills surrounding FSB 14. Displeased with this development, at 3:30 AM on March 26, 1968, two battalions of the NVA’s 320th Regiment attacked the base. The enemy assaulted with small arms, automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades, 60mm mortars, and flame throwers. They were able to penetrate the northwestern portion of the perimeter, briefly occupying some bunkers. Two 1st Brigade companies returned fire while another counterattacked at the point of penetration, driving off the NVA and restoring the perimeter at 7:10 AM. Two other companies were airlifted into the contact area to set up blocking positions. Artillery and U.S. Air Force close air support hit NVA positions during the attack. Enemy losses were put at 135 dead against nineteen U.S. killed and fifty-one wounded. The lost U.S. personnel included SP4 Lonnie D. Alley, PFC Joel G. Anders, SP4 Gene T. Bailey, SP4 Benjamin J. Belarde (posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal), PFC Joseph M. Brown, PFC Robert E. Davis, SP5 Michael A. Fay, 1LT Steven H. Gerlach (posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal), PFC Dennis S. Gleason, 1LT James T. Gorsich, SP4 Charles L. Howe, PFC Willie Jackson, SP4 Leo J. Matylewicz, SP4 Cecil R. Millspaugh, PFC Maurice Moore, SP4 James M. Moser, PFC James A. Osterloth, SP4 Lawrence P. Pennel, and 2LT Harvey J. Tompkins. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “General 1969 MACV Monthly March Part 2” at ttu.edu]
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POSTED ON 10.24.2020
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik

Thank You

Dear Sp4 Cecil Mills, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. I researched you on your 76th birthday, happy birthday. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Halloween is the end of this week, Happy Halloween. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 10.4.2017
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston

I'm proud of our Vietnam Veterans

Specialist Four Cecil Ray Millspaugh, Served with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division.
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