35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  SP4 Leon Peter Miller    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Charlie Company
2nd Battalion
35th Infantry Regiment

Vietnam War


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, SP4 Leon Peter Miller, who died in the service of his country on November 30th, 1967 in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. The cause of death was listed as Booby Trap. At the time of his death Leon was 23 years of age. He was from New Orleans, Louisiana. Leon is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Panel 31E, Line 13.

The decorations earned by SP4 Leon Peter Miller include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation.


Leon is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA