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OREN KENNETH MILLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1942 – June 25, 1967
Service recordOren Kenneth Miller, of Oxnard, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 62
- THOMAS CHARLES GUDENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- CARL EUGENE HOLBROOKSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- ANDREW JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- ROBERT WARNER KURTZMajor · June 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HOWARD GROFFSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 61
- ANDREW JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 62
- JOHNNY CRUZ QUENGAPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 63
- OTTIS REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 63
- RAYMOND DALE RHAMYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 63
From Oxnard
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
- RUSSELL MOLDENHAUERWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1967
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.