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JOHN WILLIAM MILLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 9, 1944 – October 8, 1966
Service recordJohn William Miller, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 62
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 62
- KENNETH CLAYTON FRIDDLEStaff Sergeant · October 8, 1966
- EDWARD DAVID LARSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- BILLY LEESpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- ALAN FRANK LUCASSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- BILLY FRANKLIN MOONEYHAMPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
From Bowling Green
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN ALLENPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.