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JAMES WALTER MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1948 – January 2, 1968
Service recordJames Walter Miller, of Fridley, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Fridley, Minnesota (Anoka County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 20
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · January 2, 1968
- RONALD O MARQUEZSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- JACK WAYNE MILLERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD PAUL GAUTHIERLance Corporal · Panel 33E, Line 18
From Fridley
- DONALD LEE PETERSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- DUANE WILLARD NYBLOMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- DUANE CLIFFORD LARSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 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.