Behind the Scenes Edit. John H. Miller is a fictional character created by Robert Rodat. His last words to Ryan were to request him to earn the sacrifices of his men to save his life.

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We want you to know exactly how our service works and why we need your registration in order to allow full access to our records. Grave site information of John H Miller (1893 - 1978) at Saint Andrew Cemetery in Milford, Clermont, Ohio, United States from BillionGraves In 1998, Private Ryan visited Miller's grave with his family. MILLER, John Henry, age 80, of Huntland, departed this life suddenly on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, at his residence.

Download the free BillionGraves mobile app for iPhone and Android before you go to the cemetery and it will guide you right to the gravesite. We’d like to send you special offers and deals exclusive to BillionGraves users to help your family history research. John H. Miller - U. S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class Buried at Cambridge American Cemetery, England .
American History Media Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community.Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. After asking his wife is he was a good man, Ryan saluted the grave, in respects to the man that saved him. See more nearby graves Tribute to John H. Miller . His mother passed away when Jack was three. Captain John H. Miller was a thirty year old American serving in the 2nd Rangers Battalion of the United States Army during World War Two, holding the rank of Captain and the main protagonist of the film Saving Private Ryan. After fighting to reach Ryan and losing several of his men in the process, Captain Miller found the Private refusing to abandon his fellow soldiers in the defense of a bridge over the Merderet River in the town of Ramelle. After asking his wife is he was a good man, Ryan saluted the grave, in respects to the man that saved him. It will be one less password to remember. You can change the language of the BillionGraves website by changing the default language of your browser. Thanks for registering with BillionGraves.com! Notes. Use your facebook account to register with BillionGraves.

According to the American Battle Monuments Commission database there is no record of any Captain John H. Miller from WW2 interred in any overseas American cemetery. In 1998, Private Ryan visited Miller's grave with his family. Miller and his men assisted Ryan in the defense of the bridge, at the cost of Miller's life, as well as three more of his men. Miller would not tell much about his life prior to World War II. Captain Miller's grave in 1998. Tom Hanks played Captain John H. Miller of the 2nd Ranger Battalion who, in real life, was called Lieutenant Sidney Salomon.

Grave record for John H Miller (1893 - 1978), BillionGraves Record Download the free BG app and you`ll be able to contribute, and have access to our worldwide headstone database.Register to get full access to the grave site record of John H Miller For the filming of the opening and closing scenes featuring the elderly James Ryan and family at the Normandy Cemetery, Captain Miller's fictitious headstone was placed in Plot F near the … John H. Miller is a fictional character created by Robert Rodat.

John H. Miller who always went by Jack, was born in Brooklyn N.Y. in 1925, into a family of five children, three older, one younger. John Miller, the high-school teacher from Pennsylvania, teaches Jimmy Ryan the same lesson.


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