THE WALL OF FACES

In honor of your dedication and sacrifice to our Country, our Corps, and our CAP unit, on 8 August 2024 the CAP Unit Veterans Association will have a brick engraved with your name installed along the walkway of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, at the Dedication of the Combined Action Platoon Monument.
Thank you for your service to our Corps and Country.
Semper Fidelis.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. We should be forever thankful for the sacrifices of you and so many others to ensure the freedoms we so often take for granted.

Never forgotten.

Semper Fi, Doc

Dear PO3C Carl Miller, Thank you for your service as a Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class with the Marine Combined Action. Semper Fi. Thank you for the lives you saved. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is Columbus Day Weekend. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

HM3 Carl J. Miller was a U.S. Navy corpsman attached to Combined Action Company 2-5 (CACO 2-5), 2nd Combined Action Group (2nd CAG), III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF). The Combined Action Program’s mission was to reinforce and train local village militia soldiers and was characterized by the placement of a thirteen-member Marine rifle squad, augmented by a U.S. Navy corpsman. HM3 Miller’s role as the medical specialist provided immediate life-saving care for both the Marines and Popular Forces soldiers he served with in CACO. He also instructed in disease prevention and supplied care in case of illness. On December 8, 1968, HM3 Miller reportedly died as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. An autopsy was performed at U.S. Naval Support Activity Station Hospital in Da Nang, RVN, on December 10, 1968. An investigation of the incident was conducted by U.S. Marine Corps officials. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “2nd Combined Action Group, Command Chronology, December 1968” at ttu.edu]