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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Jack
Date of birth
29 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Hamlin, Jones County, Texas
Hometown
Hamlin, Jones County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18021421
Rank
Technician Third Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
9 June 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 10 29

Immediate family

Members
James T. Miller (father)
Annie P. (Conner) Miller (mother)
Betty J. Miller (sister)

More information

T/3 Jack Miller enlisted on 2 October 1940. He volunteered for the paratroopers on 10 December 1942 and was sent overseas in December 1943.

A letter from the chaplain of an evacuation hospital to his family reads: "It is my sad duty to inform you that your son, Tech-3 Jack Miller, passed away in our hospital early this morning. He was thrown from a moving jeep on June 6, and brought to us in an unconscious state, from which he never recovered."

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, The Hamlin Herald (Hamlin, Texas)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, The Hamlin Herald (Hamlin, Texas)