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JOHN MICHAEL MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1950 – April 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Miller, of Peru, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Peru, Indiana (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 23
- JOHN PARKER HOLDEN IISecond Lieutenant · April 11, 1968
- WILLIAM LLOYD KINNARDPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MCCARTYSergeant · April 11, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
From Peru
- MICHAEL J MILLERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS ALLEN GRIMESStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALAN MARKSSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- LINDEN DALE EILER JRCorporal · April 25, 1968
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · April 28, 1968
- WARD EUGENE SEESergeant · October 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GRANT OCONNELLSecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1969
- WAYNE ELDON KAUFMANPetty Officer Third Class · February 14, 1970
- LEWIS ALAN WALTONWarrant Officer 1 · December 9, 1971
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.