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ROBERT LESTER MILLER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
August 11, 1938 – March 7, 1967
Service recordRobert Lester Miller, of Salinas, California, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 7, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 191 USS TICONDEROGA CVA 14
- Born
- August 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Salinas, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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 16E, Line 36
- NELSON SAYLER LEHMAN JRCaptain · March 7, 1967
- DWIGHT BENNIE MAYERSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- CECIL DARRELL MCCANNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- WAYNE EDWARD MEESPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
From Salinas
- JOE CARROL ROBERTSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- ALTON EUGENE BAKERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- ERNEST FELIPE LOSOYALance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- DANNY JOE KEITHCorporal · June 2, 1967
- GERALD LELAND POPPASergeant · August 1, 1968
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EUGENE MERLE CHRISTERCorporal · December 15, 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.