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ALVIN EDWARD MILLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – January 4, 1969
Service recordAlvin Edward Miller, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 35
- RALPH EDWARD ICKE IILance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- MITCHELL SIM LANECaptain · January 4, 1969
- ROSS WHITTIER LIVERMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT MACYSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 33
- THOMAS ALAN SHERMANSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 36
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.