Dan Walter Miller

Military headstone for Corporal Dan W. Miller, a World War I veteran from North Dakota.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

County:
McLean

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Private
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company I
    Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
    16th Infantry Regiment
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)
Silver Star
(1919-05-31)

Circumstances:

Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to discharge. Wounded, severely, July 19, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy)

Biography:

Registered McLean County. Born, Berlin, Germany, March 5, 1891. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fort Lincoln, on July 4, 1917. Served in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company K, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company I, 16th Infantry, to discharge. Grades: Corporal, Oct. 13, 1918; Private, May 20, 1919. Discharged at Selters, Germany, July 22, 1919, as a Private. Cited in General Orders No. 5, Headquarters, 1st Infantry Brigade, AEF, Selters, Germany, June 1, 1919, for gallant and courageous conduct during his participation in three of the four major operations of the Division: Montdidier-Noyon defensive; Aisne-Marne offensive; St. Mihiel offensive; Meuse-Argonne offensive. Entitled to wear a silver star.

Died: 28 Jan 1970 (aged 78)
Buried: Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA Plot: Section R, Site 1722