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DOUGLAS J MILLER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1946 – December 10, 1966
Service recordDouglas J Miller, of East Lansing, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- May 31, 1946
- Home of record
- East Lansing, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 28
- JOHN HENRY KNUDSENPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- JACK WILLIAM LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- DOYLE ALLEN MCSHANStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1966
- JOSEPH GARY MIXSONMajor · December 10, 1966
From East Lansing
- GEOFFREY EMMONS GREENFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP LACLEARPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CANTLON JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CRAIG GEOFFREY KNOBLOCHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- NORMAN ALAN FREDASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- ASA PARKER GRAY JRColonel · May 13, 1969
- LEO FRANCIS HARTSUFFSergeant · September 7, 1969
- THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 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.