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MILLER JOHN BOURG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1945 – June 25, 1966
Service recordMiller John Bourg, of Houma, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 91
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Houma, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 91
- EDWARD GAFFNEY CREEDPetty Officer Third Class · June 25, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- ROBERT HAROLD DANNEELSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CECIL ERNEST DAWHospitalman · June 25, 1966
- MELVIN EARNEST TAYLORLance Corporal · March 19, 1968
From Houma
- RAYMOND PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROY ANTHONY DUTHUPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- CALVIN RAYMOND HEBERT JRCorporal · February 22, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- WILTON PAUL LEBOUEFSpecialist Four · August 21, 1966
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNETSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
- RUDOLPH JOHN BILLIOTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- ABRA JOSEPH WOLFE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 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.