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FRED ANTHONY MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1943 – April 26, 1968
Service recordFred Anthony Miller, of Slaton, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Slaton, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; nine of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 21
- ROBERT EDWARD LEASpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- MILTON ARTHUR LEEPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MILLERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- KURT MUELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANJELO JOSEPH APRILLIANOSpecialist Six · Panel 52E, Line 13
- ROBERT LEE BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 52E, Line 14
- JESS WILLIAM CREASON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 16
- DALE ALTON CRULLChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 52E, Line 16
- WILLIAM CHARLES DEWEESESpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 16
- WILFRED DRAPERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 17
- DANNY EDWARD HEREAUSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 19
- EDDIE LEE MILLERSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 21
- MICHAEL PAUL STILESSpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 24
- LARRY ALDEN WINCHESTERSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 26
From Slaton
- JOHNNY YOUNGPrivate First Class · March 24, 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.