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ROBERT RICHARD MILLER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 23, 1940 – October 9, 1969
Service recordRobert Richard Miller, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 57
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 23, 1940
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 57
- EDUARDO J JIMENEZ-LORENZOSergeant · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT SHELTON KING JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LOPEZ JRSergeant First Class · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT SCOTT MASON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE DALE ACREMajor · Panel 17W, Line 53
- JOHN EDWARD LOPEZ JRSergeant First Class · Panel 17W, Line 57
- WILLIAM HENRY MORRIS JRCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 58
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.