AIR AMERICA Miller, George Compton

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Miller ​

• FORENAME

George Compton​

• UNIT

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• RANK

Civilian ​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

12th March 1975 ​

• AGE

53​

• GRAVESITE

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 02.10.1921 Huntsville, Alabama, USA​

father Harry C. Miller​

mother Alice R. (nee Murray)​

14.11.1942 entered service U.S. Navy​

31.05.1945 discharged​

23.02.1945 married Edith W. (nee Bodman) Miller (1923-1998)​

son Richard Lee Miller​

1940s former Policeman, Michigan City​

1950s former FBI Agent, Indianapolis​

employed by U.S. Agency for International Development's​

MIA when DC-4 crashed near Pleiku, South Vietnam​

with E.V. Dolan and R. Seidl​

not on CAT/Air America Memorial ​

body not recovered​

Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, USA. Section 13, Section 801 (Memorial)​

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On March 12, 1975, a commercial Air Vietnam DC-4 (Flight 499) carrying six crew members and twenty passengers took off on a flight from Vientiane, Laos, to Saigon, Vietnam. During the flight, the aircraft's pilot sent a radio transmission to the tower at Pleiku Airport in Vietnam, requesting to make an emergency landing. The aircraft was not heard from following this transmission. The DC-4 crashed due to unknown circumstances near Pleiku, South Vietnam.

Three of its passengers were American civilians who remain unaccounted for following the incident.

Mr. Robert Seidl of Green Bay, WI was one of the 3 civilian passengers aboard the DC-4. His remains have never been recovered.