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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Arthur James
Date of birth
5 January 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O-1313034
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Foreward Observer
Unit
Cannon Company,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 10 10

Immediate family

Members
Arthur Miller (father)
Elizabeth Miller (mother)
Marjorie Miller (sister)
Louis M. Miller (brother)

More information

1st Lt Arthur J. Miller died in a field hospital on 4 March 1945 after being struck in the skull and chest by shell fragments two days earlier.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Minnesota Birth Index, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery