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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William N Miller.

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WILLIAM N MILLER

Captain · U.S. Air Force

March 9, 1932 – November 12, 1965

Service record

William N Miller, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 12, 1965, in Thailand, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3E · Line 45

Position of Panel 3E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
March 9, 1932
Home of record
Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 12, 1965
Age
33
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

31 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

Also on Panel 3E, Line 45

From Norfolk

All 104 names from Norfolk →

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.