World War II Honoree

Marlow J. Miller, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Smithfield, Utah

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Flight Officer. Inducted into the United States Army Air Corps September 24, 1940 at Salt Lake City, Utah. Following the completion of basic Military training, he was selected to attend the Flight Aviation training program. As a graduate of the Cadet Flight Aviation program, he accepted his Commission with the Rank of Flight Officer and awarded the Silver Aviator Badge. He served as a Co-Pilot aboard a B-24-D ‘Liberator’ Bomber, assigned to the 415th Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group, and an element of the U.S. Ninth Army Air Forces. His unit was based at Libya’s Benghazi Airfield Location: North Africa, Western Desert Campaign. Tuesday, May 11, 1943 he was reported missing in action, while participating in a bombing mission over Sicily’s Catania Harbor. His bomber crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, after being struck by German anti-aircraft ground flak fire. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Location: Carthage, Tunisia. In his Memory and Honor, a Cenotaph Memorial has been placed at the Memory Grove Memorial Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah. This American Patriot received the following decorations posthumously: Soldier’s Medal, Air Medal and the Purple Heart. The Soldier’s Medal was awarded to the Flight Officer for Heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy. The Air Medal was awarded for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight, and the Purple Heart for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.