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LEON PETER MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 3, 1944 – November 30, 1967
Service recordLeon Peter Miller, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1944
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 13
- ROGER GALE JUSTUSSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
- ANTHONY EDWARD KISUCKYFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- BOBBY DALE LIKENSSergeant First Class · November 30, 1967
- NORMAN F LOEFFLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY GENE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 9
- WHYLEY E JOSHSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 11
- WILLIAM E GROVESSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 12
- NORMAN F LOEFFLER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 13
- JACK ROGERSCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 16
- LAWRENCE DAVID SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 17
- WILLIAM D WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 19
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.