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DONALD WAYNE MILLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1943 – December 4, 1967
Service recordDonald Wayne Miller, of Alexandria, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 36
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
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 36
- ROBERT DOUGLAS KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 4, 1967
- JOHN F LAZAROVICH JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1967
- CLYDE MARVIN LEESpecialist Four · December 4, 1967
- WALTER LAWRENCE MATEJECKPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RICHARD COTECorporal · Panel 31E, Line 33
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 35
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 37
- CHARLES GLENN SCHNEGGCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 37
- WILLIAM ISAAC POLLARDMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 38
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 38
- ALVESTER LEE WINSTONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 39
- BYRANT HENRY YOUNG JRCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 40
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.