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PETER RICHARD MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1952 – May 1, 1972
Service recordPeter Richard Miller, of Commerce City, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 8, 1952
- Home of record
- Commerce City, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1972; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 9
- FRANKLIN ZOLLICOFFERSpecialist Four · April 24, 1972
- FRANKLIN EASTFirst Sergeant · April 28, 1972
- WILLIAM ALLEN HAINES JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 28, 1972
- PAUL VAUGHAN MARTINDALECaptain · April 28, 1972
From Commerce City
- JERRY G WINSLOWSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- WILLIAM G MENDENHALLSergeant · November 1, 1966
- WESLEY SHIMODAPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- STANLEY GENE MILLERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL MARKLE JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- VERE LOYD WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1968
- GARY RAY LARGEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- GERALD DAN GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1970
- ALLEN ARTHUR MUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
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.