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GARY DEAN MILLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1946 – March 30, 1967
Service recordGary Dean Miller, of South Gate, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 75
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 17, 1946
- Home of record
- South Gate, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 75
- JAMES STANLEY OLDFIELD JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- RALPH BYRON PAPPASCaptain · March 30, 1967
- KENNETH PETTUSPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ERWIN PRICEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
From South Gate
- DONALD WESLEY WALTERSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- JOHN DEE MENDOZASpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RONNIE JOE CHARLESStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- THOMAS KEITH BEAMONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN WILSONPetty Officer First Class · January 14, 1969
- TERRY MIKEL CONWAYPrivate · October 12, 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.