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CURTIS DANIEL MILLER
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 7, 1946 – March 29, 1972
Service recordCurtis Daniel Miller, of Palacios, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 29, 1972, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 122
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1045J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 16 SOS 8 TFW
- Born
- June 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Palacios, Texas (Matagorda County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 29, 1972
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1972. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “16 SOS 8 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 122
- RICHARD CONROY HALPINCaptain · March 29, 1972
- MERLYN LEROY PAULSONMaster Sergeant · March 29, 1972
- DENNIS NEWELL PETERSONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1972
- EDWIN JACK PEARCEChief Master Sergeant · September 29, 1972
Same unit, same day
- HENRY PAUL BRAUNERLieutenant Colonel · Panel 2W, Line 121
- JAMES KENNETH CANIFORDSenior Master Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 121
- HOWARD DAVID STEPHENSONLieutenant Colonel · Panel 2W, Line 123
- BARCLAY BINGHAM YOUNGMajor · Panel 2W, Line 124
From Palacios
- WILLIAM LLOYD HAMLINSpecialist Four · June 23, 1967
- MICHAEL ABEL PIERCESpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
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.