Miller, Ellsworth L., 1916-

Ellsworth L. Miller was born in Riverside, Calif. on February 14, 1916 and enlisted in the Army on June 28, 1943 at Fort MacArthur San Pedro, Calif. At the time of enlistment he was married and had graduated from the University of Southern California School of Medicine. Miller was commissioned a Captain and joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Swift, Tex. as a surgeon with the 1st Battalion, 86th Infantry Regiment. During combat operations in Italy, he received the Bronze Star Medal for his actions during the Apennines and Po River Campaigns in April and May of 1945. He remained in the Army after the war and retired as a Colonel in 1970. Miller also received the Legion of Merit and Medical Badge and after retirement from the Army served as a medical consultant for the State of California until 1990.