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TERRY LYNN MILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1947 – March 14, 1968
Service recordTerry Lynn Miller, of Scott Depot, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Scott Depot, West Virginia (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 49
- GERRY DEWAYNE MAJORLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- ERNESTO MARTINEZLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- KENNETH RALPH MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JOHN R MEDLEYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ERNEST W WIGLESWORTH JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WALKER MCCONNELLSpecialist Five · Panel 44E, Line 50
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.