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JESSE J MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1942 – January 18, 1966
Service recordJesse J Miller, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 78
- KARL LUDWIG THOMPSONLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 78
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 78
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.