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THOMAS LEONARD MILLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1949 – June 16, 1968
Service recordThomas Leonard Miller, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 6
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
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 6
- JAMES LOUIS MARTINSpecialist Five · June 16, 1968
- FREDDIE LEE MCNEILCorporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY LEE MOORELance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- MICHIEL DAVID MURRAYCorporal · June 16, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.