Photo contributed by The Faces of Margraten project
SSgt Doyle C. Miller. a native of Enfield, Ill., was only 24 years old when he was killed during World War II. Miller is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in the small Dutch town of Margraten near Maastricht. Now, almost 80 years after his death, a group of volunteers in the Netherlands has created a memorial book to show appreciation for the sacrifices of soldiers like Miller, whose story is among the 250 that have been included in the book.
The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is the final resting place of almost 8,300 American WWII casualties. The names of another 1,722 soldiers are recorded on the Walls of the Missing. The cemetery is of the 26 overseas American cemeteries that are administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. [Read more...]
