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PAUL JAMES MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – February 27, 1968
Service recordPaul James Miller, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 51
- JAMES LAWRENCE LIENPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE FRANK LUBONSKIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ABELARDO MALAVE-RIOSFirst Sergeant · February 27, 1968
- PAUL LLOYD MILIUSCaptain · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH SOARES ANDRADEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 47
- ARTHUR WEINMANN HERODPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 50
- DENNIS WAYNE JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 50
- MICHAEL STEVEN KRAVCHAKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 50
- ABELARDO MALAVE-RIOSFirst Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 51
- RICHARD EUGENE GRIERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 52
- RUFFIN J SATTERWHITE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 54
- CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 57
From Poplar Bluff
- DALE FRANCIS HUDSONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- FAMOUS LEE LANEPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL RICHARDSONCorporal · July 4, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD STEWARTSpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- EDWARD JERRY MULLERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- JAMES HARDIN METZColonel · April 15, 1968
- RONALD DAVID COBBLance Corporal · April 29, 1968
- RILEY DAVID RAULSTONLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- GARCLEE M FREDWELLSpecialist Four · August 29, 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.