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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Calvin Leroy Miller.

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CALVIN LEROY MILLER

Hospitalman · U.S. Navy

June 7, 1946 – January 26, 1967

Service record

Calvin Leroy Miller, of Wishon, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 26, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14E · Line 81

Position of Panel 14E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Hospitalman (HN)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
June 7, 1946
Home of record
Wishon, California (Madera County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 26, 1967
Age
20
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 14E, Line 81

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.