The Wall › Panel 38W › Illinois › Ronald Yates Miller
RONALD YATES MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1948 – November 23, 1968
Service recordRonald Yates Miller, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 44
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 44
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1968
- MICHAEL NELSON LOITZFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1968
- JUAN A MARTINEZ-QUILES JRPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 42
- DARIO DAVID GUERRASpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 43
- JUAN A MARTINEZ-QUILES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 44
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.