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ALVIN EUGENE WILES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1946 – May 13, 1968
Service recordAlvin Eugene Wiles, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 5
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 5
- FREDERICK F WALTERSCorporal · May 13, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT WALTZGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1968
- SYLVESTER WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD WELCHSergeant · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES IRVIN MILLERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 29
- WILLIAM ANTHONY POHLPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 29
- JAMES AUSTIN RIDER JRCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 1
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.