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THOMAS CRAIG MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1950 – February 1, 1971
Service recordThomas Craig Miller, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Pennsauken, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 72
- KEITH MICHAEL JACKSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 1, 1971
- WALTER XABIER MENDEZPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
- STEPHEN ALAN MOOREStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1971
- STEPHEN EDWARD WARRENSpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
From Pennsauken
- RICHARD PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL ESPOSITOCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD TIPTONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- JOSEPH LEONARD HESSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- THOMAS LEOPOLD BUSCH IIILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ANTHONY J PIERSANTI JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 15, 1970
- FRANK JOSEPH KOHLMYERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1971
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.