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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jan Devoe Miller.

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JAN DEVOE MILLER

Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force

September 27, 1947 – December 2, 1968

Service record

Jan Devoe Miller, of Clarkston, Washington, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 2, 1968, in Thailand, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 37W · Line 28

Position of Panel 37W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman First Class (A1C)
Service
Regular
Born
September 27, 1947
Home of record
Clarkston, Washington (Asotin County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 2, 1968
Age
21
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

Also on Panel 37W, Line 28

From Clarkston

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.