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JOHN ROBERT MILLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1945 – November 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Robert Miller, of Clawson, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Clawson, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 28
- JOHN EUGENE HEYENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- MARVIN JOEL NASCHEKCommander · November 21, 1968
- CARMELO NAVARROCorporal · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 22
- SAMUEL JAMES EVANSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 25
- JOHN WARREN HINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 26
- THOMAS HOPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- CURTIS JAMES KAUPPSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- PAUL JOSEPH PAMANETPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 29
- WAYNE E SKOLITSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 30
From Clawson
- SIDNEY MCARTHUR RASNICKPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- HAROLD JAMES SOTZENLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
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.