Richard John Miller

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 962718

Born

November 14, 1925
in Auburn, MA

Parents

George Clifford Miller
Loda Mary (Webber) Miller

School

High School (year)
College (year)

Pre-War Employment

Occupation
Employer

Entered Service

March 31, 1944
at Hartford, CT

Joined First Battalion

September 19, 1944
from 65th Replacement Draft

Left First Battalion

March 1, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima

Left Service

March 1, 1945
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

2 Elm Street, Auburn, MA – address of parents, George & Loda Miller

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Boot camp at Parris Island with Third Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Camp Lejeune for infantry training, and assigned to 65th Replacement Battalion for transit overseas.

Joined Charlie Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 19 September 1944.

Iwo Jima

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 604 (Machine Gunner)
Important Events:
March 1, 1945 – killed in action (shell fragment, head) when a mortar shell exploded in his gun position
March 5, 1945 – buried in Plot 1, Row 22, Grave 1090, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery

Campaign Narrative