Talk:Patrick Miller (soldier)

Date of Loss?
It makes it sound like he died... --Daysleeper47 19:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Death Unconfirmed
I just heard a PFC Patrick Miller whom I went to high school with was killed in Iraq, to my knowledge this was him. St. Pete Times paper, April 2-6 don't know where. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.246.168.149 (talk) 03:48, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Different Patrick Miller. The Patrick Miller this article refers to is currently a Staff Sgt. --Daysleeper47 (talk) 13:02, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Is this the one?
 * Miller_0634 76.137.192.131 (talk) 07:26, 14 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I had the honor of attending a professional development course in Fort Carson with then SGT Patrick Miller. I am glad to say that he is very much alive.-SGT Luna U.S. Army Medic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.70.20.127 (talk) 05:40, 18 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I served with SSG (Staff Sergeant) Patrick Miller at Fort Riley, Kansas from 2010-2013 with 2-1 Special Troops Bn, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. He is alive and well, a great NCO and I'm glad he continued to serve after his capture. He truly is an addition to the Noncommissioned Officer Corp. -SSG Wesley U.S. Army Chemical NCO — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:244:4000:5B43:B991:9F31:3199:1E17 (talk) 01:10, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Sounds a good, solid man. These are just what I see around me. 76.137.192.131 (talk) 07:27, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008
Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 11:02, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Silver Star Citation Needed?
I located his award citation. Parts of it are already paraphrased, should the whole citation be added?


 * Synopsis:

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Patrick Miller, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a Mechanic with the 507th Maintenance Company, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, during combat operations in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, near An Nasiriya, Iraq, on 23 March 2003. On that date a huge American convoy headed from Kuwait to Baghdad. A dozen heavy trucks and other maintenance vehicles fell behind the rest and got lost. At sunrise, Iraqi troops ambushed the lost soldiers, firing from both sides of the highway. The Americans sped up to escape the attack, but one Humvee smashed into the back of a jack-knifed American tractor-trailer. Less than a mile behind that accident, Private Miller was driving the last truck in the convoy. During the attack, he floored the accelerator, trying to steer and duck bullets at the same time. During the ensuing battle he single- handedly stopped a mortar attack aimed at trapped soldiers.

Source: http://www.homeofheroes.com/valor/08_WOT/ss_GWOT/citations_USA-M.html Veriss (talk) 18:44, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure you can put the whole thing in if you want. If you look at one of the Medal of Honor recipients all of them have the entire citation verbatim and then a paraphrased draft of what the action was. --Kumioko (talk) 20:56, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Added Silver Star citation and fixed the reference list to properly display sources. My first time using the "references /" tag, hope it looks ok.  There is an unlinked reference at the bottom of the article that is not cited but I could not find it on Google.  I left it there since it didn't seem to hurt anything and someone else may have the ability to search AP archives or something to link it.  Veriss (talk) 05:24, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Services
Thank you Patrick Miller 76.137.192.131 (talk) 07:25, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

All Walker’s in Sacramento, CA
Are you ready to play in the bay? 76.137.192.131 (talk) 07:29, 14 November 2023 (UTC)