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RICHARD DAVID MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1947 – May 3, 1969
Service recordRichard David Miller, of Charlotte, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Charlotte, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 108
- ARMAND DOMINIC MASTENSergeant · May 3, 1969
- RAMON MORENOSergeant First Class · May 3, 1969
- RONALD REE SOMESSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID STEVENSPetty Officer Second Class · May 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEMUEL EBB TERRELLSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 109
From Charlotte
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT LOOMIS ELLISONCorporal · July 29, 1967
- JOHN REDMOND COTTERCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STREMLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- KITCHELL SNOW GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM BARRUSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1970
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.