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WALTER CHARLES MILLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1945 – November 21, 1965
Service recordWalter Charles Miller, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 21, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 105
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
- A/C Communications/Navigation Systems Technician (6611)
- Born
- March 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 105
- BILLY JOE WILSONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- OSCAR EDMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · November 21, 1965
- WILLIE FRANCIS JRLance Corporal · November 21, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
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.