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JOEL LE ROY MILLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1948 – March 14, 1969
Service recordJoel Le Roy Miller, of Primghar, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Primghar, Iowa (O'brien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 39
- WILLIAM LEROY MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT POLLARD JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- DAVID FRED POPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
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.