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DONALD GENE MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1944 – April 7, 1967
Service recordDonald Gene Miller, of Myrtle Point, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 117
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Myrtle Point, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 117
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEROY GERALD MITCHELLSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 117
- LEROY GERALD MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 117
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 118
- PATRICK JOHN TRODDENPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 119
From Myrtle Point
- ALFRED EDGAR PLAEP JRCorporal · February 23, 1968
- DANNY RAY KILGOREPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- TERRY LAVERN STAMANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- TIMOTHY JOHN BROWNCorporal · May 30, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN TUBB JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1971
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.