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JOHN JEROME MILLER JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 10, 1949 – September 25, 1971
Service recordJohn Jerome Miller JR, of Woodlyn, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 25
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Woodlyn, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 25
- STEVEN REED HANSONWarrant Officer 1 · September 24, 1971
- JEROME DEAN TODDSpecialist Five · September 24, 1971
- JERRY OWEN LAFAYETTESpecialist Four · September 25, 1971
- EMIL MAX MILTNOVICHCorporal · September 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN WAYNE NEVILLESpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 26
From Woodlyn
- ROBERT JAMES SCHATZMANPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCGUIGONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- GARY RICHARD BUTTSCorporal · May 25, 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.