Robert Burnett Miller (September 2, 1923 – October 14, 2018) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Sacramento, California, in 1982.

Biography

Miller was born on September 2, 1923, in Sacramento, California, where his father was in the lumber business. He joined the

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in 1941. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was with the U.S. 11th Armored Division when it liberated the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria on May 6, 1945. The final episode of

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' documentary ''The War'' features Miller's harrowing eyewitness account of encountering the Holocaust at Mauthausen. Miller served on the Sacramento City Council from 1971 to 1977. He then served as mayor of Sacramento, California in 1982. Miller died at his home on October 14, 2018, at the age of 95.‘Renaissance man’ Burnett Miller, former Sacramento mayor and community icon, dies at 95
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, R. Burnett 1923 births 2018 deaths United States Army personnel of World War II Mayors of Sacramento, California Sacramento City Council members Military personnel from California Santa Clara University alumni United States Army soldiers