Sgt. Sam Questell Miller was a member of the Light Machine Gun Platoon, Company H, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was Killed in Action while on patrol in the Kumdong Valley near Majon-ni, North Korea during an enemy ambush on November 2, 1950
Buried:
Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Albuquerque Journal, 14 November 1950
Marine Sgt. Sam Q. Miller, Son of Mr. and Mrs. George V. Miller, 309 South Cornell, was killed in Korea, Nov. 2, the Defense Department announced Monday. Details of the death were not given. Miller had last written his parents, Oct. 11, saying he was to take part in an amphibious landing following the operation at Inchon. The Marine, who was 20, was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., and attended school there. He entered the Marine Corps two years ago. A brother, Jack, is now in the Navy at San Diego, Cal. Two others, George Jr., and William, served in the Navy during World War II.
Albuquerque Journal, 12 February 1955
The body of Sgt. Sam Q. Miller, 21, who was killed in action in 1950 in Korea, will be returned to Albuquerque today with T/Sgt James W. Sage as military escort. Sgt. Miller is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George V. Miller, 2807 Monterey SE; three brothers, William and George V. Jr., Albuquerque, and Jack V, Chattanooga, Tenn., and a sister, Martha Frances Miller, Albuquerque.
- Rank: Sergeant
- Date of birth: 3 April 1930
- Date of death: 2 November 1950
- County: Knox
- Hometown: Knoxville
- Service Branch: Marine Corps
- Division/Assignment: 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division
- Conflict: Korean War
- Awards: Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and Republic of Korea War Service Medal
- Burial/Memorial Location: Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXI, Top Panel
- Sponsored by: W.K. Lakenan Jr.
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