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RALPH PETERSON MILLER III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1944 – October 19, 1970
Service recordRalph Peterson Miller III, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 10
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 10
- HAROLD CLIFTON MARSHStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
- DARRYL KENNETH SCOTTSpecialist Four · October 19, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 19, 1970
- PETER JOE WILSONSergeant First Class · October 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD CLIFTON MARSHStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 10
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.