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JAMES CALVIN MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1949 – April 1, 1970
Service recordJames Calvin Miller, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Martinsburg, West Virginia (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 71
- NATHAN JAMES MANNCorporal · April 1, 1970
- EZRA BUDD MARTERSergeant · April 1, 1970
- ELDON WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE MULLINSPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL EUGENE BARNETTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 66
- DON RAY HEIMARKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 68
- DONALD RAY O RAGSDALECorporal · Panel 12W, Line 74
- TERRY WARD RATCLIFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 74
- MILTON TRUMAN SWAINSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 76
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 76
- WILLIAM PENN WALL IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 77
From Martinsburg
- CHARLIE KENNETH SCATESSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1967
- JEFFREY STEPHEN HATISONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE GREENFIELDPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS BRUMBAUGH JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- KENZEL MEREDITH RACEYSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- KURT WALTER FRANZINGER JRCaptain · June 12, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM BOWARDPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
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.