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RICHARD ARTHUR MILLER
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1939 – November 22, 1965
Service recordRichard Arthur Miller, of New York, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on November 22, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 108
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 362 MAG 36 1 MAW
- Born
- July 1, 1939
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 22, 1965
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HMM 362 MAG 36 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3E, Line 108
- ROBERT MICHAEL LATHROPEPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- BILLY WAYNE HEDGECorporal · November 22, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
- VICTOR JOHN PIRKERGunnery Sergeant · November 22, 1965
- MOSES CLARK TABORStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EVAN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 107
- VICTOR JOHN PIRKERGunnery Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 108
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · Panel 3E, Line 109
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.