Larry T. Miller - Dundee, TX
N 33° 43.658 W 098° 53.053
14S E 510726 N 3731962
The headstone for Larry T. Miller, in Dundee Cemetery, notes that he "Died in Action -- Vietnam" while serving in the US Army on June 10, 1968, at the age of 23.
Waymark Code: WMXZ7D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2018
Views: 3
PFC Miller was from nearby Wichita Falls, and while details of his fate aren't available, some light is shed in his profile on the website of the Virtual Wall for the Vietnam Veterans Memoril in Washington DC (see Website). There is a fuzzy photograph of him there, noting that he was awarded the Purple Heart as well as medals for National Defense, Vietnam Service, and the Vietnam Campaign. He served in the 502nd Infantry Regiment, Company D of the 1st Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. He had only been in Vietnam for three months when he was killed outright in the Thua Thien Province in South Vietnam, a casualty of some type of heavy artillery.
His flat, gray, granite headstone doesn't really appear to be government-issued, but it does resemble it. There's a hole that someone bored into the top, presumably to hold a small flag, and the inscription is:
In Memory of
Larry T. Miller
Died in Action -- Vietnam
Jan.17, 1945 - June 10, 1968
With God All Things Are Possible
Type of Death Listed: War related (Killed in Action)
Website (if available): [Web Link]
Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed
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