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EDWARD FRANCIS MILES
Captain · U.S. Army
August 17, 1944 – April 26, 1969
Service recordEdward Francis Miles, of Manhasset, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Born
- August 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Manhasset, New York
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Added to the Wall
- 2010
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 55
- MARK STEVEN LENNONSpecialist Five · April 26, 1969
- DWIGHT ALLEN MCNEESSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES MURRYCorporal · April 26, 1969
- DONALD WILLIAM NOELSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- LARRY DOUGLAS PARRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
From Manhasset
- SIDNEY COURTNEY M SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS BROWN DOWDSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1967
- BRUCE ELIOT JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR KEEPNEWSFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- ANDREW THOMAS BUKOVINSKYCorporal · September 26, 1968
- WALTER WILLIAM RUDOLPHFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1969
- HARRY SEEBER MOSSMANLieutenant Commander · August 20, 1972
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2010, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.