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GLENN EDWARD MILES
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1946 – October 21, 1968
Service recordGlenn Edward Miles, of Valparaiso, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- March 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Valparaiso, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 13
- KENNETH KEITH KNABB JRLieutenant Commander · October 21, 1968
- BRUCE MICHAEL MILEYSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- BILLY RAY MORRISTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- RUSSELL EDWIN NIHILLSergeant · October 21, 1968
From Valparaiso
- THOMAS R MANNINGSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- NICK JIM GRCICHSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEYLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1967
- PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMPSergeant · June 18, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED NASH JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOEL KENTON BROWNCorporal · February 18, 1968
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- HOWARD KENNETH COOPERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- STEPHEN GREGORY MAUSENSpecialist Four · June 25, 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.