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RICHARD THOMAS MILLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1949 – May 12, 1969
Service recordRichard Thomas Miller, of Hermiston, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 77
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Hermiston, Oregon (Umatilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 77
- RODNEY H MAUNAKEASpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOSEPH ERNEST MELVINCorporal · May 12, 1969
- JORGE LUIS MENDEZ-MATOSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JEROME MENTERPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
From Hermiston
- GREG LOW GESSELSpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- JAMES LINSDAY BADLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1968
- JOHN ALAN WAREStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1969
- GORDON KEITH SPEARMAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1971
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.