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JERRY LAVON MILLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – September 9, 1968
Service recordJerry Lavon Miller, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 11
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 11
- CLIFFORD DOUGLAS LOGSDONPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- NAPOLEON MARTINLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- GURNEY LEN MILLERLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- PERRY SHELTON WHISENANTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.