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DAVID LEE MILES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1947 – January 15, 1967
Service recordDavid Lee Miles, of Corbin, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Corbin, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 36
- JAMES STEVEN CAMPPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- FRANK HOWARD LASKINPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MELTON JRSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- DANIEL HAGAN MORAN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL BULLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 32
- JAMES WARREN CAHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 32
- ARTHUR DOUGLAS WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 39
From Corbin
- BENNY GILLIS CARRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- JACKIE EDWARD TROSPERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1967
- DAVID TERRELL DURHAMPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD GRAYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- J CLIFFORD JENKINSSergeant · April 4, 1969
- GARY EARL HOLTZCLAWFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
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.