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LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1951 – March 18, 1970
Service recordLawrence Scott Miller, of Biloxi, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Biloxi, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 17
- OSCAR ALLEN CONNELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1970
- NATHANIEL COX JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1970
- RALPH RONALD CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1970
- CAROL DEAN DALESergeant · March 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MONSONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 18
- DORRIS WAYNE TRAINERPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 19
- RICHARD LEE WISEMANSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 19
From Biloxi
- LOUIS DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- DANNIEL NETTER JRCorporal · October 8, 1967
- TIMOTHY LEE ODELLPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- CALVIN EDWARD YOUNGStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1968
- ARTHUR LAWRENCE PAPALEWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1969
- JOHN ALFRED FELSHERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- ARDEN DALE ZHESpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- TIMOTHY CLAY MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
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.