Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller poses with two members of the Afghan National Army while in Afghanistan. Medal of Honor Monday: Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller By KATIE LANGE, DOD NEWS Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, a Green Beret, was only 24 when he saved the lives of nearly two-dozen coalition force members pinned down during an intense 2008 firefight in Afghanistan. He sacrificed his own life for theirs, and that bravery and valor earned him the Medal of Honor. Miller was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 14, 1983. He was one of eight kids — four boys, four girls — and came from a line of military men; both his grandfathers had fought in World War II, and his father has been a translator for the Army in Berlin during the Cold War.