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CURTIS ONEIL MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – October 2, 1968
Service recordCurtis Oneil Miller, of Monroe, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 62
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Monroe, Virginia (Amherst County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 62
- JOSEPH LEE HOPKINS JRSpecialist Five · October 2, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE KINGLance Corporal · October 2, 1968
- LARRY DON KITTRELLPrivate First Class · October 2, 1968
- ARTHUR GLENN MARTINLance Corporal · October 2, 1968
From Monroe
- ROGER LEE FLOYDPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- RAYMOND MASSIE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- HARRY WALTER BRANHAMSpecialist Four · March 18, 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.
