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EPHRIAM RUTLEDGE LILES II
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 13, 1947 – July 4, 1969
Service recordEphriam Rutledge Liles II, of Pickens, South Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 61
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Pickens, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 61
- STANLEY WAYNE MARTENSSpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- FLOYD JOSEPH MATTHEWSSeaman · July 4, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN MEYER JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- TIMOTHY SHAWN MICHAELWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT PAUL GARDINERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 60
- JOHN CHARLES JAVORCHIKCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 60
- LANCE WILFRED STLAURENTSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 63
From Pickens
- CHARLES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JERRY HIOTT WILLIAMSSergeant · June 24, 1966
- LEE LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- DWIGHT ONEAL GILSTRAPPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- CLIFTON RANDAL JONESLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- DAVID FORREST BLACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
- JOE DAVID WRIGHTCorporal · December 15, 1969
- WOODROW BEAL CHASTAINSpecialist Four · August 15, 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.