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CARY DUANE MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1947 – October 6, 1969
Service recordCary Duane Miller, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 46
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Chemical Equipment Repairer (54D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 46
- GEOFFREY JOHN LUKEYLance Corporal · October 6, 1969
- NORMAN ROGER SWEATStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS WARDPrivate First Class · October 6, 1969
- TROY DEAN WILHITESergeant · October 6, 1969
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
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.