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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Richard Dale "Dick"
Date of birth
6 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Charleston, Delta County, Texas
Hometown
Longview, Gregg County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38688863
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hosingen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 3 11

Immediate family

Members
James W. Miller (father)
Nellie V. (Kendrick) Miller (mother)
James L. Miller (brother)
Loren K. Miller (brother)
Lillian E. Miller (sister)
Millie S. Miller (sister)
Clisto Miller (brother)
Hardy W. Miller (brother)

More information

Pvt Richard D. Miller graduated from Longview High School in 1938 and graduated from SMU in 1942.

He enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas on 21 June 1944.

He died of multiple artillery shell fragment wounds to the chest and abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - James Durham, Southern Methodist University 1942, Longview News-Journal - 19 December 1937