Derrick Miller

Derrick Miller (born 1983/1984) is a former US Army National Guardsman sergeant who was sentenced in 2011 to life in prison with the chance of parole for the murder of an Afghan civilian during a battlefield interrogation. Miller is colloquially associated with a group of U.S. military personnel convicted of war crimes known as the Leavenworth 10. After being incarcerated for eight years, Miller was granted parole and released in 2019. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Justice for Warriors Caucus and was the Military Adviser to Texas Republican U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert.

Early life Miller's parents are his mother Reneé Myers, and his step-father Craig Myers. He was raised in Frederick, Maryland, attended Frederick High School, and later lived in Hagerstown, Maryland. He was a security guard at Fort Detrick in Maryland.

Military career Miller was a Maryland Army National Guard sergeant. He joined the National Guard in 2006, volunteered for three combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and had top performance reviews. His wife said he was given Army Commendation Medals and Army Achievement Medals for his military service.

A witness Guardsman from Maryland testified that he heard Miller threaten to kill the man if he did not tell the truth, and that he then straddled the man, who was lying on his back, before shooting him in the head. Miller was incarcerated at the Fort Leavenworth military Disciplinary Barracks, beginning in July 2011. In April 2018 Texas Republican U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert testified at a hearing, supporting Miller.

After a clemency hearing in July 2018, the Army Clemency and Parole Board reduced Miller's sentence to 20 years.

Miller was the Executive Director of the Justice for Warriors Caucus and Military Adviser to Congressman Louie Gohmert.