Richard Arthur Miller
Major
HMM-362, MAG-36, 1ST MAW, III MAF United States Marine Corps New York, New York July 01, 1939 to January 21, 1975 (Incident Date November 22, 1965) RICHARD A MILLER is on the Wall at Panel 3E, Line 108 |
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Dear Richard, |
I purchased Major Miller's bracelet to always remind me of our fallen brothers in arms, and to aid in the cost of finding them all. I wear it every day, and I always will until he comes home.
Joe W. |
A Note from The Virtual WallThe Marine Air Group 36 (MAG-36) Command Chronology for November 1965 contains the following entry:"22 November 1965 - An emergency lift was made by HMM-362 to relieve the ARVN outpost at THACH TRU, south of Quang Ngai. The mission was successfully completed in very poor weather conditions which apparently caused the loss of YL-36, last seen in IFR conditions in a climbing turn at night over the sea, northeast of Quang Ngai. To date no sign of the aircraft or crew has been found, and it is assumed that it crashed at sea with the loss of all hands: 1stLt F VISCONTI, 1stLt R A MILLER, Cpl V J PIRKER and Cpl J E DOUGLAS.""YL-36" was the side number for UH-34D Bureau Number 147180. All four crewmen were carried as Missing in Action, and promoted while in that status, until the Secretary of the Navy approved Presumptive Findings of Death for them on the dates indicated below:
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