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RICHARD W MILLER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 23, 1944 – December 3, 1965
Service recordRichard W Miller, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 3, 1965, in Thailand, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 121
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- PETER MALCOLM BREDBURYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1965
- STANLEY GARWOOD JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1965
- THOMAS LEWISPrivate First Class · December 3, 1965
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.