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STUART O. MILLER, ENS, USN

From USNA Virtual Memorial Hall
Stuart Miller '39

Date of birth: February 3, 1917

Date of death: August 17, 1939

Age: 22

Lucky Bag

From the 1939 Lucky Bag:

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STUART OXNARD MILLER

Seneca Falls, New York

Stew, Oxblood

With one exception Stew will probably be the same twenty years from now as he is today. Lacrosse sticks and bars, hops and good clothes, and swing music and Esquire will surely be as much a part of him then as they have been for the past four years. But his love of the nicer things in life doesn't mean that he hasn't a serious side. When one wants a job done, and done well, Stew is the one who does it. No more can be said of any man. And the exception? To find it one must go to the beach at Waikiki and look for a tall dark boy and a slim pretty girl who only have eyes for each other.

Lacrosse 4, 3, 2, 1, N*; All American 3; Basketball 4, 3; Track 4, 3, 2, 1; Battalion Football 4, 3, 2; 1 Stripe.

1939 Miller, S LB.jpg

STUART OXNARD MILLER

Seneca Falls, New York

Stew, Oxblood

With one exception Stew will probably be the same twenty years from now as he is today. Lacrosse sticks and bars, hops and good clothes, and swing music and Esquire will surely be as much a part of him then as they have been for the past four years. But his love of the nicer things in life doesn't mean that he hasn't a serious side. When one wants a job done, and done well, Stew is the one who does it. No more can be said of any man. And the exception? To find it one must go to the beach at Waikiki and look for a tall dark boy and a slim pretty girl who only have eyes for each other.

Lacrosse 4, 3, 2, 1, N*; All American 3; Basketball 4, 3; Track 4, 3, 2, 1; Battalion Football 4, 3, 2; 1 Stripe.

Loss

Stuart was fatally injured diving from a dock in San Pedro, CA on August 17, 1939. (He "suffered a fractured neck.")

He was 6th Division Officer aboard USS California (BB 44).

Other Information

From researcher Kathy Franz:

Stuart graduated in 1934 from Mynderse Academy. Basketball (2, 3, 4); Football (3, 4); Track (3, 4); Junior Prom Committee, Chairman (3); President (3); Le Cercle Francais (2, 3); Myndersian Staff (4); Prize Speaking (4.) He won second place for boys in the annual speaking contest. He then took a postgraduate course at the academy.

He was nominated to the Naval Academy by Representative John Taber of the 36th District (R., NY.)

His father George was a dentist. Stuart’s oldest brother Cheston was killed in a train accident in 1919.

Stuart was survived by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Henry Miller, a brother, Bradford Miller, and a sister, Frances Miller. He is buried in New York.

Photographs

Memorial Hall Error

There is no indication that Stuart’s loss was operational in nature; each mention of it in the local paper is of an "accident." He should not be included in Memorial Hall.


Class of 1939

Stuart is one of 80 members of the Class of 1939 on Virtual Memorial Hall.

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