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J D MILLER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1940 – February 16, 1970
Service recordJ D Miller, of Montrose, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1940
- Home of record
- Montrose, Georgia (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 19
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- JAN DOUGLAS GARRINGERCorporal · February 16, 1970
- CLAUDE VERNOR GILESSergeant · February 16, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE NEALLance Corporal · February 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALAN BARNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 18
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 18
- EDEWIN CLEO HARMONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 20
- PASTOR FRANCISCO RUIZStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 21
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.