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MERLIN EUGENE MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1949 – September 29, 1968
Service recordMerlin Eugene Miller, of Guttenberg, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Guttenberg, Iowa (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 42
- JOHN JAMES MATUSKASpecialist Four · September 29, 1968
- WALTER LEE MOORE JRCorporal · September 29, 1968
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH NEWBERRYCaptain · September 29, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD NOELLSCHSpecialist Five · September 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GORDON BUTLERCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 39
From Guttenberg
- STEVEN MICHAEL TORREYCorporal · April 5, 1970
- DUANE MARVIN MCBEAINPrivate First Class · July 1, 1971
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.