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GALEN SPINKS MILES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1950 – September 9, 1970
Service recordGalen Spinks Miles, of Dillon, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 49
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Dillon, South Carolina (Dillon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 49
- ELTON WILLIAM LEWISPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- KEVIN FRANCIS LYNCHSpecialist Four · September 9, 1970
- RICKEY DUANE MILLSSpecialist Five · September 9, 1970
- TIM EDWIN NEWELLSergeant · September 9, 1970
From Dillon
- DAVID LEROY BRUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1966
- JOSEPH HARRY SULLIVANStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1966
- JAMES EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- LUTHER BETHEA JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- BILLY CLAYTON MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
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.