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BLAINE STANLEY MILES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1947 – September 27, 1968
Service recordBlaine Stanley Miles JR, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 31
- LUTHER CLARK BERRYMANPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTOYA JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT MORRIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
- GORDON WILSON OGILVIEPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.