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ROBERT JACOB MILLER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1949 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Jacob Miller JR, of Galion, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Galion, Ohio (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 49
- GILBERTO MENDEZ MOLINAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
From Galion
- DONALD HENRY MONAT JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 25, 1967
- STEVEN MICHAEL BRITTONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- WILLIAM F UNCKRICHCaptain · October 10, 1969
- RONDALL PRESTON SPEARSPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- DAVID WESLEY SULSERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.