His headstone and obit has his year of birth in 1932. Records with his birth in 1931 include: Birth Certificate; United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957; U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans.
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National Road Traveler (Cambridge City, Indiana),
Thursday, July 21, 1955:
Relatives here have received word from officials that Pfc. Charles D. Miller was killed in action Nov. 5, 1951, in Korea.
The young soldier previously had been listed as missing in action on that date. Included in the new information was the report that he was hit by a mortar shell.
Mrs. George Mardis, Miller's mother, was told by Army officials that the soldier's remains had been positively identified and verified by Army records.
Miller, born Nov. 14, 1932, and attended Lincoln High School here. He was employed at the Converto Manufacturing company here and at the Crosley in Richmond before enlisting in the Army in November, 1950.
He was an infantryman in the 7th Cavalry Division.
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The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram, Richmond, Indiana,
Sunday January 3, 1954, page 23:
DUBLIN - Word was received here Saturday that Pfc. Charles D. Miller, listed in 1951 as missing in action in Korea, has been listed by the army as "killed in action."
Private Miller, 19 years old when he went to Korea, had been there about a week when he was reported missing. That was No. 5, 1951.
He is the son of Mrs. George Mardis of Dublin. He was born Nov. 14, 1931, at Bentonville. HE attended Lincoln high school in Cambridge City.
He enlisted in the army January, 1951, and was trained at Camp Breckinridge, Ky., before being sent overseas to join Company B, Seventh cavalry regiment, First cavalry division.
Other survivors include two brothers, Lucius and Robert of Dublin; two sisters, Maxine and Alice of New Castle; a half brother, George Leslie of Dublin; and four half sisters, Mrs Rita Halos of California, Mrs. Bonnie Jean Kit, Mrs. Doris Thomas and Mrs. Georganna Frizell, all of Dayton.
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National Road Traveler (Cambridge City, Indiana),
Thursday, July 21, 1955:
Relatives here have received word from officials that Pfc. Charles D. Miller was killed in action Nov. 5, 1951, in Korea.
The young soldier previously had been listed as missing in action on that date. Included in the new information was the report that he was hit by a mortar shell.
Mrs. George Mardis, Miller's mother, was told by Army officials that the soldier's remains had been positively identified and verified by Army records.
Miller, born Nov. 14, 1932, and attended Lincoln High School here. He was employed at the Converto Manufacturing company here and at the Crosley in Richmond before enlisting in the Army in November, 1950.
He was an infantryman in the 7th Cavalry Division.
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The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram, Richmond, Indiana,
Sunday January 3, 1954, page 23:
DUBLIN - Word was received here Saturday that Pfc. Charles D. Miller, listed in 1951 as missing in action in Korea, has been listed by the army as "killed in action."
Private Miller, 19 years old when he went to Korea, had been there about a week when he was reported missing. That was No. 5, 1951.
He is the son of Mrs. George Mardis of Dublin. He was born Nov. 14, 1931, at Bentonville. HE attended Lincoln high school in Cambridge City.
He enlisted in the army January, 1951, and was trained at Camp Breckinridge, Ky., before being sent overseas to join Company B, Seventh cavalry regiment, First cavalry division.
Other survivors include two brothers, Lucius and Robert of Dublin; two sisters, Maxine and Alice of New Castle; a half brother, George Leslie of Dublin; and four half sisters, Mrs Rita Halos of California, Mrs. Bonnie Jean Kit, Mrs. Doris Thomas and Mrs. Georganna Frizell, all of Dayton.
His headstone and obit has his year of birth in 1932. Records with his birth in 1931 include: Birth Certificate; United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957; U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans.
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National Road Traveler (Cambridge City, Indiana),
Thursday, July 21, 1955:
Relatives here have received word from officials that Pfc. Charles D. Miller was killed in action Nov. 5, 1951, in Korea.
The young soldier previously had been listed as missing in action on that date. Included in the new information was the report that he was hit by a mortar shell.
Mrs. George Mardis, Miller's mother, was told by Army officials that the soldier's remains had been positively identified and verified by Army records.
Miller, born Nov. 14, 1932, and attended Lincoln High School here. He was employed at the Converto Manufacturing company here and at the Crosley in Richmond before enlisting in the Army in November, 1950.
He was an infantryman in the 7th Cavalry Division.
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The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram, Richmond, Indiana,
Sunday January 3, 1954, page 23:
DUBLIN - Word was received here Saturday that Pfc. Charles D. Miller, listed in 1951 as missing in action in Korea, has been listed by the army as "killed in action."
Private Miller, 19 years old when he went to Korea, had been there about a week when he was reported missing. That was No. 5, 1951.
He is the son of Mrs. George Mardis of Dublin. He was born Nov. 14, 1931, at Bentonville. HE attended Lincoln high school in Cambridge City.
He enlisted in the army January, 1951, and was trained at Camp Breckinridge, Ky., before being sent overseas to join Company B, Seventh cavalry regiment, First cavalry division.
Other survivors include two brothers, Lucius and Robert of Dublin; two sisters, Maxine and Alice of New Castle; a half brother, George Leslie of Dublin; and four half sisters, Mrs Rita Halos of California, Mrs. Bonnie Jean Kit, Mrs. Doris Thomas and Mrs. Georganna Frizell, all of Dayton.
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National Road Traveler (Cambridge City, Indiana),
Thursday, July 21, 1955:
Relatives here have received word from officials that Pfc. Charles D. Miller was killed in action Nov. 5, 1951, in Korea.
The young soldier previously had been listed as missing in action on that date. Included in the new information was the report that he was hit by a mortar shell.
Mrs. George Mardis, Miller's mother, was told by Army officials that the soldier's remains had been positively identified and verified by Army records.
Miller, born Nov. 14, 1932, and attended Lincoln High School here. He was employed at the Converto Manufacturing company here and at the Crosley in Richmond before enlisting in the Army in November, 1950.
He was an infantryman in the 7th Cavalry Division.
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The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram, Richmond, Indiana,
Sunday January 3, 1954, page 23:
DUBLIN - Word was received here Saturday that Pfc. Charles D. Miller, listed in 1951 as missing in action in Korea, has been listed by the army as "killed in action."
Private Miller, 19 years old when he went to Korea, had been there about a week when he was reported missing. That was No. 5, 1951.
He is the son of Mrs. George Mardis of Dublin. He was born Nov. 14, 1931, at Bentonville. HE attended Lincoln high school in Cambridge City.
He enlisted in the army January, 1951, and was trained at Camp Breckinridge, Ky., before being sent overseas to join Company B, Seventh cavalry regiment, First cavalry division.
Other survivors include two brothers, Lucius and Robert of Dublin; two sisters, Maxine and Alice of New Castle; a half brother, George Leslie of Dublin; and four half sisters, Mrs Rita Halos of California, Mrs. Bonnie Jean Kit, Mrs. Doris Thomas and Mrs. Georganna Frizell, all of Dayton.
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