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RICHARD HERSHEL MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 21, 1951 – February 2, 1970
Service recordRichard Hershel Miller, of Lakewood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 95
- ANTHONY JOHN METZGER JRFireman · February 2, 1970
- GIRAUD DOMENICO MUNTZLance Corporal · February 2, 1970
- CARL ANDREW OLSONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1970
- PAUL RENATO PELUSO JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRED JOSEPH LEBLANCSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 94
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
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.