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DONALD ROBERT MILLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – May 31, 1968
Service recordDonald Robert Miller, of Henderson, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 13
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Henderson, Kentucky (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; four 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 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 13
- SQUIRE N MAYBERRY JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- O L MIDKIFFFirst Sergeant · May 31, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER MISIASZEKPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- HARRY TRUMAN MOORELance Corporal · May 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WESTLEY BOWDENSergeant · Panel 62W, Line 5
- JEFF MULKEYCorporal · Panel 62W, Line 14
- JOSEPH MEREL THORNCorporal · Panel 62W, Line 18
From Henderson
- KENNETH EUGENE DUNCANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT NUNNPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM LEON BUSBYFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD CLYDE COLEMANSergeant · May 19, 1968
- LAWRENCE O WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.