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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Marlin McClelland Miller.

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MARLIN MCCLELLAND MILLER

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

December 12, 1946 – June 20, 1971

Service record

Marlin McClelland Miller, of Butler, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3W · Line 84

Position of Panel 3W 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
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
December 12, 1946
Home of record
Butler, Pennsylvania (Butler County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 20, 1971
Age
24
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

Six names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 3W, Line 84

Same unit, same day

From Butler

All 16 names from Butler →

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.