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CHARLES RUSSELL MILLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1942 – May 23, 1968
Service recordCharles Russell Miller, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 11
- RODNEY ELMER MARRUFO JRSpecialist Four · May 23, 1968
- PAUL RIVERS MARTINPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- CLIFTON PEARCE MOAKFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN VICTORY DELARAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 66E, Line 8
- TERRENCE EDWARD ONEILSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 12
- CLIFTON THOMAS TAYLORCorporal · Panel 67E, Line 3
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.