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WILLIAM FRANKLIN MILLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1948 – September 7, 1967
Service recordWilliam Franklin Miller, of Jerseyville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Jerseyville, Illinois (Jersey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 28
- DENNIS HARDIE MARSHALLLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- KEITH ALLAN MILLERPrivate · September 7, 1967
- JERRY RUDOLPH MOONAirman Second Class · September 7, 1967
- GARY LEE MOORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
From Jerseyville
- IVAN DAVID ROTHFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- DALE PORTER BERTHOUXSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- ARTHUR L TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE MCCLAINSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES MOLLOYCorporal · January 21, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PAYNTERPetty Officer Second Class · January 7, 1971
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.