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IVAN DEAN MILLER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1948 – December 10, 1967
Service recordIvan Dean Miller JR, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 79
- ROBERT ALLEN ANSPACHMaster Sergeant · September 11, 1967
- HARRY RAY WHITE JRSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES EARL WRIGHTCorporal · December 10, 1967
- ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETTSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.