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DONALD WAYNE MILLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1945 – February 21, 1969
Service recordDonald Wayne Miller, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 71
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 71
- RONALD LEE GARNERSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
- PHILIP ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · February 21, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER W MEAGHERCorporal · February 21, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN RIKERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 71
- JAMES WILLIAM PENDERGRASSCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 72
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
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.