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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, James Vincent
Date of birth
1 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39336516
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 64

Immediate family

Members
Chester P. Miller (father)
Margaret (McGrouary) Miller (mother)
Miles H. Miller (brother)
Robert Miller (brother)
Frances L. (Scherr) Miller (wife)
James R. Miller (son)
Donald Miller (son)
Marlene Miller (daughter)
Judith Miller (daughter)
Peter Miller (son)

More information

Pvt James V. Miller graduated from McKinley High School in Marshfield, Wisconsin and was employed at the Kaiser Shipyards in Portland, Oregon.

He enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 20 July 1943 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Marshfield News-Herald - 29 January 1945