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GARY AMES MILLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1947 – June 1, 1966
Service recordGary Ames Miller, of Grass Valley, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 131
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Grass Valley, California (Nevada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 131
- CHESTER ARTHUR LUTGENSergeant · June 1, 1966
- FRANK AMBROSE RAZOPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- PETER FRYE SCHRAMMLance Corporal · June 1, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
From Grass Valley
- DOUGLAS ALFRED RIXStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- ALAN ROBERT HAUGENFirst Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRY LEE THEURKAUFSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
- DONALD RAY WEBBCorporal · October 12, 1968
- KENNETH WESLEY SCURRFirst Lieutenant · May 31, 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.