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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Joseph A "Joe"
Date of birth
22 July 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Camden, Camden County, New Jersey
Hometown
Mercer County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
6717320
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Elst, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 3 24

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Miller (father)
Anna (Bentz) Miller (mother)
Frank Miller (brother)
Anthony Miller (brother)
Peter Miller (brother)
Andy Miller (brother)
Helen Miller (sister)

More information

Sgt Joseph A. Miller joined the Regular Army at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 4 June 1941.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek near Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.specialforcesroh.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Fullerton Family Tree / New Jersey Birth Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, family by Pierre Erens, Francis Miller