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WILLIAM LOUIS MILLER III
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 28, 1949 – November 5, 1972
Service recordWilliam Louis Miller III, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1972, 21 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 89
- CLARENCE ORFIELD TOLBERTCommander · June 11, 1972
- DELBERT ROY WOODSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- STEVEN LESTER TAYLORSergeant · November 5, 1972
- JOSEPH FREDERICK DENARDOWarrant Officer 1 · November 6, 1972
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LESTER TAYLORSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 89
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.