WWI · Battle Death Record
Oscar Miller
Major, U.S. Army · Arkansas
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Oscar Miller
- Entered the Service From
- Arkansas
- Rank
- Major
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- September 29, 1918
- Awards
- Medal of Honor
- Burial / Memorial
- Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France
- Grave
- Plot F, Row 10, Grave 36
Their story
During the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on September 28, 1918, near Gesnes, France, Major Miller reorganized his exhausted battalion and personally led it forward through intense machine-gun and artillery fire. He was wounded three times, in the leg, arm, and abdomen, yet continued to urge his men onward before collapsing. He died of his wounds on September 29, 1918.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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