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DENNIS CARL MILLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1948 – June 13, 1970
Service recordDennis Carl Miller, of Peru, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 51
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Peru, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 51
- ARDEN ELLSWORTH KERSEY JRLance Corporal · June 13, 1970
- FRANKLIN JOSHUA KRANTZ JRCorporal · June 13, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT MOORE JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1970
- RONALD CURTIS MORGANCorporal · June 13, 1970
From Peru
- DONALD BERNARD SIEKIERKASergeant First Class · February 10, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT AJSTERCorporal · October 5, 1968
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.