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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Victor Leroy Jr
Date of birth
29 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
O-526670
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
C Company,
741st Tank Battalion,
3rd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
The intersection called Ruppenvenn in Krinkelter Wald
Krinkelt, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 41

Immediate family

Members
Victor Miller (father)
Violetta Miller (mother)

More information

1st Lt Victor L. Miller Jr. served in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps at Oklahoma A&M College at Stillwater, Oklahoma from September 1940 to 5 April 1943. He simultaneously served as a private in the Enlisted Reserve Corps with the 1875th Service unit from July 1942 to 5 April 1943. He was called up for duty on 6 April 1943 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He attended college for three years and before his enlistment, he worked in an automobile factory. He was killed when his tank was knocked out by a Panther tank.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 741st Tank Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Elaine Briggs