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DELANEY ERNEST MILLER JR
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 23, 1935 – June 8, 1966
Service recordDelaney Ernest Miller JR, of Front Royal, Virginia, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1935
- Home of record
- Front Royal, Virginia (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 22
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- KENNETH NEIL MACBETHCorporal · June 8, 1966
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- ELADIO R MARROQUIN JRSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEROY CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- ARTHUR W DRYNANStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- DEWEY LINDON FERGUSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- AVERY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 20
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 21
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · Panel 8E, Line 21
- JOHN RUSSELL OAKEYSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 23
- GEORGE R PENDYGRAFTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- TERRILL GENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- FRANCIS CLAIR RUMMELStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 24
- MICHAEL ANTHONY SHARPPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 24
- PHILLIP ROBERT SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 24
- JOSEPH TORZOKSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 24
From Front Royal
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISCorporal · July 6, 1966
- JOSEPH LEVI SEEKFORDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PHILIP EUGENE PENNINGTONSergeant · May 6, 1968
- LARRY EDWARD CURRYPrivate · July 15, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS RECTOR JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ROGER GENE KIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
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.