News: Neillsville - Am. Legion Honors Allen Mills (Oct 2019)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Mills, Witt
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 10/02/2019
American Legion Honors More Veterans (Mills - 2019)
Army Vet Mills to be Recognized by Legion
Allen Mills, a 1962 Neillsville High School graduate, will be recognized by
the Legion Post 73 this Monday. Photo submitted
Allen Mills, a 1962 graduate of Neillsville High School, will be honored by
the Legion Post 73 for years of service.
Mills, who attended Christie Grade School, joined the Neillsville area unit
of the Army Reserves in June 1966. He attended basic training at Fort
Campbell in Kentucky and later went to truck driving school at Fort Ord in
California.
He was discharged in 1972 after six years of service, both in the Army
Reserves and the 4th Cavalry in Madison and Milwaukee and various parts of
the U.S., including the Michigan communities of Marquette and Beaverton;
Philadelphia, PA; Charlottesville, VA; and Chicago, IL. He held various
entry-and senior-level positions in manufacturing And supply chain
management.
Mills married his wife, Helen Witt, in 1974. They have two children, Jason
and Rachel, and three grandchildren.
Mills is a beekeeper. He likes to read. He is interested in political events
and financial markets.
He is a Fitchburg resident. Mills is a member of Post 73.
Mills will be recognized along with his brother-in-law, Merlin Gerber, this
Monday Oct. 7. There will be a social hour at 4:30 p.m. with a potluck at
5:30 p.m.
