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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Daryl L Miller.

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DARYL L MILLER

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

December 11, 1942 – August 6, 1967

Service record

Daryl L Miller, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 24E · Line 83

Position of Panel 24E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
281 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
Born
December 11, 1942
Home of record
Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 6, 1967
Age
24
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 24E, Line 83

From Muncie

All 39 names from Muncie →

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.