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WYATT MILLER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1950 – September 13, 1970
Service recordWyatt Miller JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He was lost on September 13, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Purpose Materiel Supply Specialist (76Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 13, 1970
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 7W, Line 62
- RICHARD LYNN THOMASPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- EDMOND WILLIAM RICHARDSONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1970
- HAROLD RAY SPILLMANSergeant · September 13, 1970
- JAMES TAYLOR WALDRONSergeant · September 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARRISON DAVID FIELDSSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 61
- HAROLD RAY SPILLMANSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 62
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.