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NORMAN ANTHONY MILLER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1918 – December 1, 1968
Service recordNorman Anthony Miller, of Morton Grove, Illinois, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 18
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 15, 1918
- Home of record
- Morton Grove, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1968
- Age
- 50
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 18
- JOSEPH ADELBERT MERRILLPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR PERKINS JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- NEWTON RAY PLUMMERSergeant · December 1, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE RICKSSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
From Morton Grove
- THOMAS HOLT PILKINGTONLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT NOVOTNYSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID NODDINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- FRANK DANIEL WALTHERSCorporal · August 1, 1969
- THOMAS CARL WIDERQUISTFirst Lieutenant · May 3, 1972
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.