Second Lieutenant Wesley A. Milliken

1919 - 1942  (22 years)

• Name	Wesley A. Milliken
  Prefix	Second Lieutenant
  Birth	8 Dec 1919	West Linn, Clackamas County, Oregon, United States
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56125832
  _FGRAVE	56125832
  Death	15 Sep 1942	Barber's Point, Hawaii, United States
  	At 0840 on September 15, 1942, Lt. Milliken and his gunner, PFC Arnold Carlson, were flying high above Barber's Point, Hawii on a training mission. Their turn came to take a practice attack dive on a target off the coast. Their plane, Dauntless SBD-1 1754, winged over correctly, but never pulled out of its dive. Milliken, Carlson, and the plane disappeared in a huge splash of water ? although the location was recorded (two miles from Barber's Point) and the area searched, no trace was ever found.
  Burial	Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
  	Address: 2177 Puowaina Drive Honolulu, Honolulu County,, Hawaii United States
  Person ID	I25787	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Wesley Daniel Milliken,   b. 8 Mar 1896   d. Mar 1971 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Bernice E. Buckles,   b. 1 Aug 1897   d. 14 Apr 1983 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F8896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Lt. Wesley Milliken 1919-1942 At 0840 on September 15, 1942, Lt. Milliken and his gunner, PFC Arnold Carlson, were flying high above Barber?s Point, Hawii on a training mission. Their turn came to take a practice attack dive on a target off the coast. Their plane, Dauntless SBD-1 1754, winged over correctly, but never pulled out of its dive. Milliken, Carlson, and the plane disappeared in a huge splash of water ? although the location was recorded (two miles from Barber?s Point) and the area searched, no trace was ever found.