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WALTER PETER MILLER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1940 – March 2, 1967
Service recordWalter Peter Miller JR, of Far Hills, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 100 ENG CO 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Far Hills, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 3
- JACKIE LOUIS HARRISPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- ROBERT ELMER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS NOVAKSpecialist Four · March 2, 1967
From Far Hills
- RICHARD J SEIBERTSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
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.