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FREDERICK JAMES MILEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – October 10, 1967
Service recordFrederick James Miley JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 85
- JAMES BUCKSON MOORELieutenant Colonel · October 10, 1967
- CHARLES OTTIS NEALSergeant · October 10, 1967
- DENIS OCONNORCaptain · October 10, 1967
- EDWARD M SELKREGG IIILance Corporal · October 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CLIFFORD AUBERTCaptain · Panel 27E, Line 83
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 84
- LOREN LESLIE ERTELSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 84
- JAMES BUCKSON MOORELieutenant Colonel · Panel 27E, Line 85
- DENIS OCONNORCaptain · Panel 27E, Line 85
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 86
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.