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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, John L
Date of birth
23 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Daviess County, Kentucky
Hometown
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15046807
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 15 36

Immediate family

Members
Ray Miller (father)
Florence E. (Seber) Miller (mother)
Mary E. Miller (sister)
James H. Miller (sister)
Margaret R. Miller (sister)
Edwin R. Miller (brother)
Murizy C. Miller (brother)
Charles E. Miller (brother)
William L. Miller (brother)
Bobby Miller (brother)
Susie C. Miller (sister)

More information

Pfc John L. Miller attended 1 year of high school and worked on a farm.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 15 October 1940.

At the time of his death, the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Arnaville, France.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: The Owensboro Messenger 9 May 1945