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BRUCE MICHAEL MILEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – October 21, 1968
Service recordBruce Michael Miley, of Ocean City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Ocean City, New Jersey (Cape May County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 13
- KENNETH KEITH KNABB JRLieutenant Commander · October 21, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD MILESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- BILLY RAY MORRISTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- RUSSELL EDWIN NIHILLSergeant · October 21, 1968
From Ocean City
- ROBERT A WOODROWSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JON RICHARD MORVAYPetty Officer Third Class · October 23, 1967
- JOHN C MARTINFirst Lieutenant · February 24, 1968
- CHARLES WESLEY STERLINGStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1971
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.