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KENT FROEMMING MILLER
Major · U.S. Army
June 24, 1939 – June 24, 1968
Service recordKent Froemming Miller, of Corte Madera, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 29
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1939
- Home of record
- Corte Madera, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 29
- RICHARD ALFRED JONESPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LAFFERTYSergeant · June 24, 1968
- ANDREW ALPHONSO LANGCorporal · June 24, 1968
- JAMES FRANK MEGAPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · Panel 55W, Line 28
- MICHAEL PATRICK VAUGHANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55W, Line 32
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.