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ROBERT THOMAS MILLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1949 – December 27, 1967
Service recordRobert Thomas Miller, of Westerly, Rhode Island, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 78
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Westerly, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 78
- CARLOS FELIPE MEND LOZANOPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM MARTELLPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- SAMMY ARTHUR MARTINFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
- ARPHALIA L RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
From Westerly
- THOMAS LYNWOOD NIGRELLIPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- CARL W MYLLYMAKI IIIFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR JAMESSpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
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.