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CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
June 23, 1944 – January 6, 1971
Service recordCarleton Pierce Miller JR, of Melrose, Massachusetts, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 6, 1971, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF-21 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- June 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Melrose, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 29
- LARRY THOMAS DUCKETTCorporal · January 6, 1971
- BRUCE LYNN GOODSELLStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1971
- STEVEN MIKEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
- NELLO BALDWIN JRCorporal · January 7, 1971
From Melrose
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1964
- HAROLD HERMAN HIRTLEMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- MICHAEL ALLEN DEPROFIOCorporal · April 17, 1967
- GARDNER BREWERMajor · September 14, 1967
- RICHARD L NORTONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- DAVID ANDREW BINGHAMPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS SULLIVANLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Five · June 18, 1968
- SCOTT FREDERICK ANDRESENCorporal · May 13, 1969
- KENNETH WARREN ELLISStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1971
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.