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PETER THOMAS MILLER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 18, 1947 – September 23, 1968
Service recordPeter Thomas Miller, of Stanfordville, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 1
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Stanfordville, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 1
- MICHAEL DARWIN PERSONETTELance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES ROMANKOLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- TEODORO SANTELLANPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- JACK SIZEMORE SRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 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.