Curtis Daniel Miller

Vietnam War
Unit16th Special Operations Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromPalacios Texas
Date of DeathMarch 29 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Miller was a member of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On March 29, 1972, he was a member of the crew of a Spectre Attack Aircraft Gunship II (AC-130A) on a night reconnaissance mission 56 miles east of Savannakhet in southern Laos. The aircraft was shot down by a Russian surface to air missile. His remains were recovered on February 8, 2006 and identified on December 2, 2008. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.