Ralph R. Miller

Ralph R. Miller

Navy

RALPH
R.
MILLER

Oct 13, 1925 - Apr 28, 1944
BIRTHPLACE: Hanover, PA

SOLDIER DETAILS

HIGHEST RANK: Bosum mate (cox)
DIVISION:
Navy
,
LCI assigned LST 531
THEATER OF OPERATION:
European
SERVED: Mar 26, 1943 -
BATTLE: Exercise Tiger
MILITARY HONORS: Purple Heart
HONORED BY: John Lupp a nephew
KILLED IN ACTION

BIOGRAPHY

Ralph Miller joined the Navy in 1943. He was in exercise Tiger on LST 531 and was killed the morning of April 28, 1944. Exercise Tiger, or Operation Tiger, was one of a series of large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, which took place in April 1944 on Slapton Sands in Devon. Miller received the purple heart.