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  • Name: Kermit Dale Miller
  • Location of Birth: Princeton, Minnesota
  • Date of Birth: May 20, 1922
  • Date of Death: January 8, 2000
  • Parents: Frank Miller & Agnes (Betzler) Miller
  • High School and Class: 1940 Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
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  • Branch: Navy
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  • Date Sworn In: November 1, 1942
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  • Date of Discharge: December 3, 1945
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  • Military Highlights:
    WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
    State: Minnesota
    Name: Kermit Dale Miller
    Race: White
    Age: 20
    Birth Date: May 20, 1922
    Birth Place: Princeton, Minnesota, USA
    Residence Place: Coleraine, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
    Registration Date: June 30, 1942
    Employer: Independent School District #2, Coleraine, Itasca, Minnesota
    Weight: 175
    Height: 5-10
    Complexion: Light
    Eye Color: Blue
    Hair Color: Brown
    Next of Kin: Frank F. Miller, Coleraine, Minnesota

    WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
    State: California
    Name: Kermit Dale Miller
    Race: White
    Age: 23
    Birth Date: May 20, 1922
    Birth Place: Princeton, Minnesota, USA
    Residence Place: Wilmar, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Registration Date: December 5, 1945
    Employer: Discharged from Navy December 3, 1945
    Weight: 170
    Height: 5-8
    Complexion: Ruddy
    Eye Color: Brown
    Hair Color: Brown
    Other characteristic: Scar on forehead
    Next of Kin: Lucille Miller, wife, Wilmar, California

    Newspaper article: 1944 – “Kermit Miller, S 3/c from Jacksonville, Florida, and wife, formerly Lucille Olson, with a rating in the WAVE of AMM 3/c, came home Monday night to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Olson. Lucille Olson Miller has resigned from the WAVE after serving about 18 months and will remain with her parents in Coleraine when her husband returns to his post.

    Newspaper article: June 1945 – “The Coleraine Service Club received a thank you letter from Kermit Miller who is at Oakland California this week. Kermit says that since his wife arrived last month they have been busy taking in the sights of California. Kermit expects to be shipped overseas soon.”



  • Wars Involved:
    World War II

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  • Civilian Life:
    Kermit Miller married Lucille (Dodie) Olson in Florida in 1944. They then moved to California after World War II and worked in the aerospace industry until his retirement. Since retirement, the couple spent their summers at their trailer parked at Kom-On-In Beach on Trout Lake near Bovey, Minnesota. Kermit was a member of the Bovey Moose Lodge, the American Legion, and Past commander of the Monterey Park, CA Post.

    Kermit died in Canoga Park, California and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Coleraine, Minnesota (Block 61). He is survived by his wife Lucille; two sons, Bob and Frank (Kathy) Miller; a daughter, Sandy (Ed) Rauen; a brother, Fritz Miller; and a sister, Susan Jenson.

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