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GEORGE ERNEST MILLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – November 19, 1969
Service recordGeorge Ernest Miller, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 96
- WILLIAM CALVIN JAMESPrivate First Class · November 19, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY PFEUFERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- DON LESLIE ROCKWarrant Officer 1 · November 19, 1969
- REX MARCEL SHERMANCorporal · November 19, 1969
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
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.