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LEO JUAN MILLER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 2, 1947 – November 22, 1968
Service recordLeo Juan Miller, of Lockport, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 36
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- BLT 2 7 MAR 9 MAB
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Lockport, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 36
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · November 22, 1968
- RAYMOND BERT KYZERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE LENGYELPrivate · November 22, 1968
- HAROLD DWIGHT MILLERLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
From Lockport
- JOHN STEVEN AMBROSINISpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARROLLPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- PAUL HENRY STEIN JRCorporal · April 5, 1968
- FRANK JAY STRNADLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- GARY STEVEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MITCHELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- GLEN ALAN JACKSON IIIConstructionman · January 31, 1970
- CHATWIN ARNOLD STROTHERSpecialist Four · May 29, 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.