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ROBERT J MILLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 7, 1948 – January 24, 1968
Service recordRobert J Miller, of Bad Axe, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Bad Axe, Michigan (Huron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 24
- CLAYTON MONROE HOLLAND JRPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- WILLIAM LUNN MARLIN JRSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES MCCARLCorporal · January 24, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE MILLERHospitalman · January 24, 1968
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.