Roll of Honor
Charles J. Miller
Incident
Location: District of Columbia Incident Date: Sunday, September 29, 1918 Weapon: Handgun Offender: Never identified
Private Charles Miller was shot and killed on G Street SW, between 4th Street and 5th Street, while coming to the assistance of several Metropolitan Police Department officers who were involved in a shootout.
The Metropolitan police officers had attempted to take a man into custody for bootlegging and disorderly conduct when he shot at them. The man was apprehended and taken to a police call box at 4-1/2 Street and G Street so the officers could call for a patrol wagon. As they waited for the wagon, the man's friends appeared and shot at the officers again. The officers then exchanged shots with the group.
Private Miller, who was on duty at 3rd Street and G Street, heard the shots and rushed to the scene with other MPs. As he approached the area he was struck in the head by a round fired by the offenders. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and then transferred to Walter Reed Hospital, where he died the following morning.
The suspects who shot him were never identified.
Rest in Peace, MP Miller!
MP Matt Lyons - 1980/83 U.S. Army Military Police - 546th MP Co. Ft. Sill, OK July 3rd, 2023
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Private First Class Miller served with the United States Army Military Police Corps.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Military Service
Charles J. Miller served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Private First Class Charles J. Miller is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MO, 516 of 813 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.5% of this state's fallen. That is 9.3 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At United States Army Military Police Corps, 26 of 65 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles J. Miller's cause is highlighted.
How Charles J. Miller Compares
Offender Outcome
Never identified
When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Charles J. Miller was killed by handgun.
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