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JAMES LEROY MILLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – January 21, 1969
Service recordJames Leroy Miller, of Fairfield, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 51
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairfield, Iowa (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 51
- MILO GEORGE MAAHSCaptain · January 21, 1969
- KEN E MICLOSKEYSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- JOSEPH JAMES MOLLOYCorporal · January 21, 1969
- JOSEPH LEE MOORESergeant First Class · January 21, 1969
From Fairfield
- DENNIS LYNN ODELLPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- JERRY ALLEN FRAKESSergeant · August 16, 1969
- DOUGLAS EUGENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · October 1, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCE HANEY JRSergeant · May 3, 1970
- JOHN DARREL SKIRVINSpecialist Four · July 8, 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.