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RICHARD CHARLES MILLER
Captain · U.S. Army
November 8, 1942 – September 3, 1969
Service recordRichard Charles Miller, of Jacksonville, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 29
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 29
- LOUIS TRENT MILLSPrivate First Class · September 3, 1969
- NORMAN LOUIS NESTERAKCaptain · September 3, 1969
- MARVIN EDMUND SCREENSpecialist Four · September 3, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD TITTLEWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MILTON COXSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- NEAL DAVID EPIFANIOSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 27
- GARY LEE EVANSSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- LEN MARTIN HANAWALDLieutenant Colonel · Panel 18W, Line 28
- CARL PATRICK HUGHESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- ALAN CARSON MANESSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- LOUIS TRENT MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 29
- MARVIN EDMUND SCREENSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 29
- LEROY RUTHERFORDCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 30
- BEN FREDERICK SUTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 30
From Jacksonville
- ALFRED JEFFERSON HOLDENTechnical Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- EDGAR BOWIE LUEALLENSergeant · April 16, 1966
- HORACE ALVIE HOLBROOKAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- HERMAN ALVIN MCBRIDESergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- CLIFFORD EUGENE FORD JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- BOOKER T PATTERSON JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
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.