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JOSEPH JOHN MILLER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – July 24, 1968
Service recordJoseph John Miller JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 2
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 2
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES LUEBKE JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1968
- LARRY MONTGOMERYSergeant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN VICTOR SARTORPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.