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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Herman Eugene Miller.

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HERMAN EUGENE MILLER

Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

May 19, 1929 – April 13, 1967

Service record

Herman Eugene Miller, of Waverly, New York, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 13, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18E · Line 23

Position of Panel 18E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Master Sergeant (MSGT)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
MAC
Born
May 19, 1929
Home of record
Waverly, New York (Tioga County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 13, 1967
Age
37
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 18E, Line 23

From Waverly

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.