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ROBERT GAIL MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Gail Miller, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 48
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 48
- EDWARD LOPEZSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- HAYWOOD MAHONE JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- HARRELD PIRTLE MARTINCaptain · August 23, 1968
- CHESTER HOWARD MAYCorporal · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 37
- THOMAS STEVEN GARRETTSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 43
- HENRY HILL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 45
- CHARLIE EDWARD KEMPSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 46
- RAYMOND LOUIS LAGROU JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 47
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 50
- RICHARD LEE ROWLAND JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 53
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 55
- JOHN PAUL SUPERCZYNSKI JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 55
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.