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HARLEY BOYD PYLES
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
February 20, 1930 – October 18, 1965
Service recordHarley Boyd Pyles, of Enon, Ohio, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 18, 1965, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 125
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1125F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 20 TASS
- Born
- February 20, 1930
- Home of record
- Enon, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 18, 1965
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1965; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 125
- MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURACorporal · October 17, 1965
- RODERICK LEWIS MAYERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1965
- STANLEY EDWARD OLMSTEADCommander · October 17, 1965
- WINFIELD WADE SISSONColonel · October 18, 1965
From Enon
- WILLARD DELONG JRCorporal · September 27, 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.