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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles Emil Miller.

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CHARLES EMIL MILLER

Sergeant · U.S. Army

October 20, 1950 – October 28, 1969

Service record

Charles Emil Miller, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 17W · Line 129

Position of Panel 17W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
82 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
October 20, 1950
Home of record
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 28, 1969
Age
19
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 17W, Line 129

From Pittsburgh

All 256 names from Pittsburgh →

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.