Sgt. John Miller Jr.

(July 27, 1944) -- Sgt. John J. Miller, Jr., was killed in action in bloody fighting on Saipan, the Navy told his father, John Sr. of 18 Elmwood Avenue.

The young man moved to Florida after high school, and joined the U. S.  Marines in 1939. He was stationed in the Virgin Islands and then the South Pacific two years ago.

Miller, John L. Jr.
Cpl. USMCR
Father: John J. Miller, Sr., Elmwood Avenue, Belleville

Sources

Belleville Times: July 27, 1944:

Miller Killed on Saipan, Vic Bruegman Missing

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing,
State of New Jersey, War Dept. June 1946

Belleville Sons Honor Roll

  A Place of Honor and Remembrance In the Home of the Brave

World War II