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CHARLES EUGENE MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1945 – May 1, 1967
Service recordCharles Eugene Miller, of Piketon, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Piketon, Ohio (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 6
- LAURENCE ALAN INSELSergeant · May 1, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFTON JONESMajor · May 1, 1967
- JOHN DUANE LEGGSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- JOSEPH PRICE LIPTONLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL J HILBURGERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 5
- BOBBY EARNEST HUNTStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 5
From Piketon
- CLARENCE HOWARD RICKARDSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- WALLACE ROBERTSSergeant First Class · June 26, 1970
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.