Paul Edward Miller
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 507497
July 3, 1922
in Brevator, MN
Thomas Stanley Miller
Barbara F. (Sebalj) Miller
Details unknown
Great Northern Railway Company
December 4, 1942
at Minneapolis, MN
March 27, 1943
from Base Depot, Camp Elliott
June 16, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan
June 16, 1944
Killed in action
427 Clough Avenue, Superior, WI – home of sister, Mrs. Mary Bong
Service & Campaigns
Enlisted Minneapolis, MN on 4 December 1942; boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Second Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Signal Battalion, MCB San Diego on 30 January 1943 for comms instruction.
Joined Headquarters Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton on 27 March 1943.
Outfit: HQ/1/24th Marines, communications platoon
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 650 (Switchboard operator)
Outfit: HQ/1/24th Marines, communications platoon
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 641 (Telephone Lineman)
Important Events:
June 15, 1944 – after dark, volunteered to run a phone line between HQ and a line company with Sergeant John Waytow. Found dead in the field three days later with head wounds caused by shrapnel. Date of death determined to be June 16, 1944.
Awarded Bronze Star Medal for actions on this date.
June 22, 1944 – buried in Plot 3, Row 5, Grave 524, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Campaign
Saipan (June 16, 1944)
Saipan (June 16, 1944)
Citation
(Needed)
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