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JAMES RAY MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1948 – September 16, 1968
Service recordJames Ray Miller, of Kenna, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 7
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Kenna, West Virginia (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 7
- GEORGE FRANCIS MCDAVITTCorporal · September 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES MOORECorporal · September 16, 1968
- CLYDE EDWARD MORGANSergeant · September 16, 1968
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH RAYMOND BROWNSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 2
- THOMAS EDWARD BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 2
- RALPH WARREN KUCHCINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 6
- LOWELL EUGENE LUNZMANNSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 6
- ALFRED VINCENT SCHOFIELDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 9
- ANTHONY ROBERT SIGNASpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 9
- DONALD EUGENE GLIMESergeant · Panel 43W, Line 10
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 10
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 11
From Kenna
- LANDON CLAIR RAYStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1967
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.