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JEFF MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1949 – January 25, 1970
Service recordJeff Miller, of Todd, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Todd, North Carolina (Ashe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 66
- HAROLD VAN MANN JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
- DUANE JOSEPH MARHEFKASergeant · January 25, 1970
- ROBERT GENE ROGERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN GARCIACorporal · Panel 14W, Line 64
- OSCAR CRUZ GONZALESCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 65
- VICTOR P SANNICOLASSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 67
- GEORGE THOMAS SPILLERSSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 67
From Todd
- SAMMUEL EDGAR SURBERSpecialist Five · January 15, 1970
- JOHN BERNARD PROFFITSergeant · August 3, 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.