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GERALD LEON MILLER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 22, 1948 – June 9, 1968
Service recordGerald Leon Miller, of Spencer, Indiana, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 11
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- May 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Spencer, Indiana (Owen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 11
- HARRY PEMBERTON MARTINPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- MANUEL FLOYD MARTINEZSergeant · June 9, 1968
- DARRELL CONDIE MIZNERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- JERRY WILLIAM MOTSINGERStaff Sergeant · June 9, 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.