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MICHAEL MERLIN MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – October 17, 1967
Service recordMichael Merlin Miller, of Mt Pleasant, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 28
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Pleasant, Florida (Gadsden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967; 62 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 28
- RAYMOND BENJAMIN MINUSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WAYNE ADKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 18
- TERRY DELAMESA ALLEN JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 28E, Line 18
- LARRY MICHAEL ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 18
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 19
- JAMES LISMAN BLACKWELL JRCaptain · Panel 28E, Line 19
- JACKIE EVERRETT BOLEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 19
- CLIFFORD LYNN BREEDEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 19
- RALPH CARRASCOSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 20
- ELWOOD DAVID CHANEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 20
- MELVIN BRUCE COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 20
- HAROLD BASCOM DURHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 20
- RICHARD LEE CRITESPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 21
- JOE ALBERT CRUTCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 21
- WESLEY ELLSWORTH DODSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 21
- FRANCIS ELLSWORTH DOWLINGSergeant Major · Panel 28E, Line 21
- SANTOS CAMEROPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 22
- EDWARD PHILLIP DYEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 22
- LEON NELSON EASTSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 22
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 22
- ANTHONY JOHN FAMILIAREPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 22
- MICHAEL JAMES FARRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 23
- PAUL L FITZGERALD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 23
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 23
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.