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HARRY J MILLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1927 – January 21, 1967
Service recordHarry J Miller, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 64
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1927
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 64
- HARRY CURTIS MAHONEY JRMaster Sergeant · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- EDGAR ERWIN NUSCHKECaptain · January 21, 1967
- HARDY WINSTON PEEPLESCaptain · January 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 64
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.