Robert Lester Miller

Vietnam War
UnitFighter Squadron 191
RankLieutenant U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromSalinas California
Date of DeathMarch 7 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Miller was a member of Fighter Squadron 191, Carrier Air Wing 19 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14). On March 7, 1967, he was the pilot of a Vought Crusader Fighter (F-8E) on a combat mission over North Vietnam. At a point 65 miles east of Thanh Hoa, his aircraft crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.