Army bugler’s trumpet stolen from truck on Veterans Day

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Chelsea Miller

A trumpet was stolen on Veterans Day from the truck of a Wisconsin man in the Army reserves, according to a Facebook post from his wife.

Matt Miller, of Sun Prairie, woke up Monday and found his truck had been broken into and his trumpet, among many other things, had been stolen, Chelsea Miller, Matt’s wife, said on Facebook.

Chelsea Miller said her husband was staying overnight in Milwaukee because he was doing drill with his unit.

The trumpet, which was a gift from his parents, has been with him through a tour of duty in Iraq, Miller wrote on Facebook. She said Matt is a bugler with the U.S. Army and has played at countless military funerals, including her grandfather’s.

Chelsea Miller told News 3 they have filed a police report with Milwaukee and been in contact with the hotel where Matt was staying, but they haven’t heard anything back yet.

The trumpet is a silver Getzen B flat trumpet with a brown handwrap across the valves. Its serial number is P18562.

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