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DAVID BRUCE MILLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1949 – July 2, 1970
Service recordDavid Bruce Miller, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 112
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 112
- JAMES R MERZ JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1970
- JOHN E S MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- JOHNNY LEE MOORECorporal · July 2, 1970
- ARTHUR DARNELL NEALStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL ALLEN CARVERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 110
- WILLIAM FREDERICK EMANUELSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 110
- JAMES R MERZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 112
- JOHN E S MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 112
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 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.