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DONALD MILLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 21, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordDonald Miller, of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Pompton Lakes, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 17
- DARRELL G MARTINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- LEONARD DAVID MCGINNISPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- WAYNE HOUSTON MCKINLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE PETERSONLance Corporal · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOUIS HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 15
- BRIAN EDWARD TIERNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 65E, Line 2
From Pompton Lakes
- GEORGE EDWARD SNODGRASSSpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- GEORGE GERALD CARLOUGHCorporal · January 22, 1969
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.