Private First Class Miller was a member of Company A, 1092nd Engineer Combat Battalion. On 14 November 1952, he was a passenger aboard a C-119C, "Flying Boxcar" from the 63rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 403rd Troop Carrier Group, en route from Ashiya Air Base, Japan, to Seoul, Korea, when it crashed into Hill 683 near Cho-ok and about 15 miles east of Airfield K-19, killing all 44 servicemen on board.

Miller was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.