Ronald Dutrell Milam

Major

1968 – 2001

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Major Ronald Dutrell Milam served in the U.S. Army for 10 years and 4 months. Ronald served with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Ronald served in the Cold War, the War in Afghanistan and the Global War on Terrorism, and during the years of Gulf War. Ronald was 33 years old.

How He Died

Manner Homicide

Cause Multiple traumatic injuries

Place Virginia

Biography

Major, United States Army - ten years in the service.

He was born at Muskogee to Tommie and Effie Milam, finished at Muskogee High School and took his degree at Eastern New Mexico in 1991, and was commissioned a second lieutenant.

He served as a platoon leader and executive officer in Germany, as assistant operations officer and battery commander in Korea, as a Patriot training officer for Saudi Arabian forces, and as military assistant to the Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs at the Pentagon.

He married Jacqueline Link in January 2000, and they had a daughter, Myejoi, and a son, Ronald junior.

Survivors

His wife Jacqueline, his daughter Myejoi and his son Ronald junior, his parents Tommie and Effie, and his brother Steven and sister Stephanie.

Tributes 1

I did not know you, but I know what was taken that day. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

— S. Vincent Anthony · September 11, 2026

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