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CARL SOCRATES MILLER JR
Major · U.S. Army
December 22, 1934 – January 29, 1966
Service recordCarl Socrates Miller JR, of Ridgely, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- December 22, 1934
- Home of record
- Ridgely, Tennessee (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 112
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- PAUL RICHARD LEEPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- FORTUNATO LUNA JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- FOY MANION MATHISCaptain · January 29, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
From Ridgely
- TRAVIS EDWARD NUNNERYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT LUNSFORDLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- DONALD LEE SHIRLEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
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.