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BILLY LEE MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1949 – October 5, 1969
Service recordBilly Lee Miller, of Christiana, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 42
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Christiana, Tennessee (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 42
- CHARLES WALTER MALONEMajor · October 5, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCDANIELCorporal · October 5, 1969
- ELVIS EARL MULLENCorporal · October 5, 1969
- GORDON LAVERN NAGELPetty Officer Second Class · October 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARCIA RAFAEL BERRIOSPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 40
- GARY STEVEN POSSPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 40
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.