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CHARLES MILLER
Private · U.S. Army
March 20, 1944 – April 21, 1966
Service recordCharles Miller, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 126
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 126
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- MICHAEL WAYNE HEUERSeaman · April 21, 1966
- JACK ELMER KELLERCaptain · April 21, 1966
- FREDRICK WAYNE MILLERCorporal · April 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 125
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.