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ROBERT CHARLES MILLER
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 17, 1929 – August 28, 1968
Service recordRobert Charles Miller, of Hayward, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 28, 1968, in Laos, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 51
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- DET 1 56 SP OPS WG
- Born
- August 17, 1929
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “DET 1 56 SP OPS WG”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 46W, Line 51
- ANTHONY MANGANELLO JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- DAVID PAUL MCCORDSergeant · August 28, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE MEEKSSergeant · August 28, 1968
- MICHAEL JEFFREY MITCHELLSergeant · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT AUSTIN PHILLIPSTechnical Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 52
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 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.