Kermit Dale Miller

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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.”

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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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