The Wall › Panel 30W › Florida › Wilbur James Miller JR
WILBUR JAMES MILLER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1950 – March 4, 1969
Service recordWilbur James Miller JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 37
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 37
- ARTHUR STANLEY HILL JRSergeant · March 4, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL HUNTPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- ROBERT CLAYTON JORDANSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- LAURI KANGROSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP MICHAEL HUNTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 37
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.