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WILLIAM DAVID MINER
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 23, 1920 – March 15, 1971
Service recordWilliam David Miner, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 15, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 50
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 23, 1920
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 50
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 50
- JERRY WAYNE KIRKENDOLLWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
- CHARLIE LOUIS LANIERSergeant · March 15, 1971
- PHILLIP DEAN MONSONSergeant · March 15, 1971
- GREGORY SCOTT MORGANSpecialist Four · March 15, 1971
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.