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JAMES EDWARD MILLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1951 – October 27, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Miller, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1951
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 24
- DENNIS EDWARD REESESpecialist Four · October 26, 1970
- KARL LEWIS REINECCIUSPrivate First Class · October 26, 1970
- CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1970
- JACK LAWRENCE BAGLEYFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1970
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
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.