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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Larry Floyd Miller.

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LARRY FLOYD MILLER

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

March 11, 1947 – October 16, 1971

Service record

Larry Floyd Miller, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2W · Line 40

Position of Panel 2W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Military Police (95B)
Unit (as recorded)
US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
Born
March 11, 1947
Home of record
St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 16, 1971
Age
24
Province
Vinh Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

Two names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 2W, Line 40

From St Louis

All 296 names from St Louis →

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.