MILLS Major H. Roger Mills, Jr., age 59, of Groveport, Ohio, a member of Co B, 2-19th Special Forces Group, attached to the 73rd Troop Command of the Ohio National Guard, stationed in Columbus, OH, died Sunday, October 24, 2010 at Grant Medical Center, of serious injuries in a parachute accident at Rickenbacker Field outside Columbus.

Major Mills graduated from Warwick High School in Newport News, VA and the US Military Academy at West Point, NY in 1973. He served in Korea, the "Old Guard" in Arlington, VA and at Fort Devens, MA joining the Army Reserve in August, 1978; was employed by Goodyear Tire Company for 14 years; joined the Ohio National Guard in 1994; managed Wayne-Dalton Plastics. He has served in Korea; Bosnia-Serbia; Kuwait; and Iraq, serving a total of 37 plus years in the military. He was a member of the West Point Alumni Association; a member and past president of the Special Forces Association Chapter 45; also a lodge member F&AM, Linden Lodge #637, 32nd Degree Mason.

Major Mills is survived by wife, Kathleen Mills; parents, Joan Mills of Poestenkill, NY and Herbert Mills, Sr., CW2 (Ret) of Allenwood, PA; sisters, Patricia (Michael) Walker of Waxhaw, NC, Ellen Parchen of Missoula, MT. and Anne Mills of Poestenkill, NY; brothers, William (Debbie) Mills SMC (Ret) of Katy, TX and Stephen (Jamie) Mills of Colorado Springs, CO; step-children, Capt. William (Grace) Epley and Capt. Melissa (Capt. Mark) Dubur; step-grandchildren, Tristian, Madelyn and Alexia Epley and Turin and Talon Duber.

A Funeral Service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, October 30, 2010 at The Aladdin Shrine Temple, 3850 Stelzer Rd., Columbus, Ohio, where the family will receive friends from 1-2:30 p.m. and following the funeral service.

Army Chaplain Dan Burris officiating.

The family has requested that donations be made in Major Mills name to the Wounded Warriors Fund, or to the Major H. Roger Mills Foundation to help Military Families.

There will be two additional Memorial Services later at Poestenkill, NY and West Point Alumni Association.

Interment at the Military Academy Cemetery at West Point, New York.

Funeral arrangements by the DWAYNE R. SPENCE FUNERAL HOME, Canal Winchester, Ohio.

Online condolences available at www.spencefuneralhome.com

Published online in The Columbus Dispatch from October 27 to October 29, 2010
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From the December 2010 National Guard magazine:

Maj. J. Roger Mills, 59, of Groveport, Ohio, died Oct. 24 at Grand Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, of injuries sustained during a parachute training excercise at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 20.

He was a member of the Ohio Army National Guard's B Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces, but was attached to the state's Headquarters, 73d Troop Command. Both units are based in Columbus.
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MILLS, HERBERT ROGER
DOB: 23 May 1951
DOD: 24 Oct 2010
Age: 59