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RONALD JAY MILLER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1936 – May 12, 1968
Service recordRonald Jay Miller, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 8
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1936
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 8
- JULIUS R ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- JOHN EARL MAGEEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- JACKIE EVERETT MARSHALLLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- MAURICE HENRY MOOREStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.