1916 – Raleigh, NC
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NCSU 1917 Agromeck. Baseball Team 1916-1917. Left to Right--Top Row--...... Miller; Bottom Row--...
1916 – Raleigh, NC
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Closeup.
15 Jul 1918 – Marne, France
Forty-Second Division (National Guard)
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On July 15, 1918, the German attack against this corps was broken and the division was withdrawn by July 18th, moved by train and camion...
America's part in the world war: a history of the full greatness of our country's achievements; the record of the mobilization and triumph of the military, naval, industrial and civilian resources of the United States (1919)
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15 Jul 1918 – Cuperly, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Based on the description in the "Virginia Military Organizations in the World War" we believe he died at this intersection and was initially buried in a nearby field.
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5 Aug 1918
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War Casualties WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.— American casualties in the severe fighting in which they have been engaged since July 15 when the German offensive was launched and halted at the Marne are now being reported in the daily lists from General Pershing, though no estimate of the total has yet been received. Men from 45 states were named… …Wade H. Miller, New London, N.C.;…
25 Oct 1918 – Jeffersonville, VA
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Excerpt from Soldier's Letter: American Expeditionary Force, Sept. 23, 1918 My Dear Father: I have just received your letter…I wrote to you several months ago about Corporal Wade Miller being killed. He was killed by a piece of shell which struck him in the head. We have not been… Love to all, Corp. Hobart M. Werth, Co. B, 117th T.H.and M.P., A.E.F. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034357/1918-10-25/ed-1/seq-3/
11 Feb 1919 – Albemarle, NC
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Dead Stanly Soldier Awarded Croix de Guerre and Palm Wade Miller was the first Stanly County boy to die in France; ... Photo courtesy of Ancestry user bamafanajb
1 Mar 1919 – Raleigh, NC
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NCSU Alumni News. General Headquarters of the Northern and Northeastern Armies. Order No. 11,138 "D" (Extract) The Commander-in-Chief of the French Northern and Northeastern Armies, with the approval of the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, issues the following Army Order: Corporal W. H. Miller, 42 D.I.U.S "Killed by gunshot on July 15, 1918, at the moment when, with heroic courage, he directed the defense of an approach to a violently bombared crossway." General Headquarters, Nov. 1, 1918. The Commanding General: (Signed) PETAIN. Extract confirmed by Lieutenant-Colonel, Chief of the Personnel Bureau. (NOTE: The award was the Croix de Guerre with Palm, see Virginia military history citations. )
1919 – Raleigh, NC
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1919 NCSU Agromeck Cited for Bravery: Corp. Wade Hampton Miller, '21, New London, N. C. Killed by gunshot on July 15, 1918. Awarded the Croix de Guerre and palm for bravery in action, when, he with heroic courage, he directed the defense of an approach to a violently bombarded crossway. (NOTE: He was killed by shrapnel not by a gunshot.)
1919
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1919 Agromeck
1 Sep 1921 – Washington, DC
New York Intermediate Depot
Special Orders No. 64
1 September 1921
Under the provisions of paragraph 87, Army Regulations, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver S. Eskridge, Infantry, at his own request, and
Pvt. First Class George Mathers, 16th infantry, as Attendants, will proceed from Hoboken, N.J., to Washington, D.C., accompanying
the remains of the following deceased soldiers enroute to destinations set opposite their respective names:
Rank Soldier Serial No. Unit Destination
...Cpl Wade H. Miller 116045 Co. B, 117th Tr Hq & M.P. New London, NC
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Upon arrival at Washington, DC, Attendants will deliver the aforesaid remains to the Depot Quartermaster, that city, for distribution to their respective homes and upon completion of this duty will return to Hoboken, NJ, and report to the Officer in Charge, Graves Registration Service.
http://www.genealogy-quest.com/military/ww1/1921-grs-Sept-1.html
1 Oct 1921 – Raleigh, NC
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NCSU Alumni News 1921. Albemarle, Sept. 8.-Before one of the largest congregations ever attending a funeral in Stanly County, the body of Corporal Wade Hampton Miller, who was killed in France in July, 1918, and whose body reached Albemarle Friday, was laid to rest at Kendalls’, his old home church, about four miles from Albemarle, Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The body arrived Friday and was taken in charge by the local post of the American Legion and Parker and Little Undertaking Parlors, and was carried to Kendalls’ church Sunday afternoon. -Raleigh News and Observer.
1927 – Richmond, VA
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Virginia Military Organizations in the World War : With Supplement of Distinguished Service --- History of Battery F, Sixtieth Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps ... Telegraphic orders were received from the War Department on August 17th, directing that twenty picked men, who were good horsemen, be sent to Fortress Monroe for immediate overseas duty. The company was assembled and volunteers were asked for. As everybody stepped forward it was necessary for Captain Walton to select twenty names. This detachment in charge of acting Sergeant W. W. Shelton, left the next day. At Fortress Monroe they were assigned to the 1st and 2nd companies of Virginia Coast Artillery which became part of the 42nd or Rainbow division. One of this group, Corporal Wade H. Miller, was killed July 14, 1918, on the Champagne front and another, James I. McRee, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for conspicuous bravery in action. (NOTE: All other sources state that Miller was killed on July 15.)
Stanly County, NC
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Presumed burial at Kendall's Baptist Church.
19 Feb 2014 – New London, NC
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Wade H. Miller Nov. 5, 1895 July 15, 1918 Photo courtesy Find A Grave user Dana Garrow.
2 Mar 2014 – New London, NC
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Miller Plot
2 Mar 2014 – New London, NC
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Wade H. Miller Nov. 5, 1895 July 15, 1918