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WILLIAM MICHAEL MILLER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – September 15, 1968
Service recordWilliam Michael Miller, of Keene, New Hampshire, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 65
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Keene, New Hampshire (Cheshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 65
- GEORGE FREDERICK KEIPERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- DUANE JOSEPH KUEHNPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- TIMOTHY KEITH MAHONEYCorporal · September 15, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES MELVILLEPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS F FLANIGAN IICaptain · Panel 44W, Line 62
From Keene
- HAROLD KENNETH STEVENS JRLance Corporal · June 8, 1965
- KENNETH ROBERT HALLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1966
- MICHAEL BERNARD SWEENEYSecond Lieutenant · December 24, 1967
- RICHARD OWEN GANLEYLieutenant Colonel · November 24, 1969
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.