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ROBERT EDWIN MILLER III
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1947 – January 31, 1969
Service recordRobert Edwin Miller III, of Ingleside, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Ingleside, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 27
- JOHN FREDERICK DARBY IIISecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- WILLIAM GEORGE LECLAIRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- WILLIAM PETER NOGIEWICHSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- KENNETH EARL NORRISLieutenant (junior grade) · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WESLEY EUTSLERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 25
From Ingleside
- PAUL CHARLES SIRCHERLance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT SINKPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
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.