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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, John M
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34689782
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kobscheid-Prüm, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 13 74

Immediate family

Members
James T. Miller (father)
Eloise A. Miller (mother)
Virginia E. Miller (sister)

More information

Pvt John M. Miller graduated from Boys High School and was a student at Emory University.

He enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 12 February 1943. He trained at Camp McCall, Mississippi. He then transferred to the Air Corps and received training at the University of Denver, Santa Ana, California and Phoenix, Arizona.

In July 1944 he was reassigned to the infantry at Fort Jackson, South Carolina after he went overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.com - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Emory University Yearbook 1943, www.newspapers.com - The Atlanta Constitution 7 May 1945, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks - Boys High School 1942