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LEONARD CHARLES MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1950 – March 10, 1969
Service recordLeonard Charles Miller, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 1
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 1
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MACKEY JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD MATYASPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- EDWARD RALPH MEIEROTTOFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1969
- JULIUS AUGUSTA MITCHELLCorporal · March 10, 1969
From Ponchatoula
- JERRY WAYNE CORKERNSpecialist Four · November 26, 1966
- WINFIELD WALTER REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- ALFRED LEROY LEBLANCCorporal · April 16, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS HILLPrivate · May 16, 1968
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.