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PHILIP DENNIS MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1949 – May 17, 1968
Service recordPhilip Dennis Miller, of Grand Junction, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- July 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Colorado (Mesa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 11
- ROBERT JOHN ROSARWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1968
- DAVID LEROY SCHETTLLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- FRANCIS BARON SCHMITTWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1968
- VICTOR JOHN SCHWEIGPrivate · May 17, 1968
From Grand Junction
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1966
- RICHARD PETE DONATHANLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- LEROY FRED DELGADO JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- GARY LEON TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOBYPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · April 19, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE GOBBOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · March 12, 1970
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 1971
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.