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MICHAEL LEE MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1947 – October 3, 1967
Service recordMichael Lee Miller, of Henderson, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 45
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Henderson, Kentucky (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 45
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- TERRY LEE MARTINSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM W MCCARRICKWarrant Officer 1 · October 3, 1967
- DANIEL R MEADORSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
From Henderson
- KENNETH EUGENE DUNCANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT NUNNPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- WILLIAM LEON BUSBYFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD CLYDE COLEMANSergeant · May 19, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT MILLERCorporal · May 31, 1968
- LAWRENCE O WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · January 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.