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CLAUDE VERNOR GILES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1949 – February 16, 1970
Service recordClaude Vernor Giles, of Clayton, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 19
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Clayton, Georgia (Rabun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 19
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- JAN DOUGLAS GARRINGERCorporal · February 16, 1970
- J D MILLERSergeant First Class · February 16, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE NEALLance Corporal · February 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BILLY DUANE CRELIACorporal · Panel 13W, Line 18
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.