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VERNON JOSEPH MILLER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 28, 1945 – February 29, 1968
Service recordVernon Joseph Miller JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh 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 42E, Line 7
- PHILLIP DOUGLAS LAFRAMBOISEStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN LENTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- FREDERICK L MARTINPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- MICHAEL EMMETT MARTINSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANCIS COLEMANSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 2
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.