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JAMES JILES JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1949 – April 14, 1971
Service recordJames Jiles JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 123
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 31, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1971; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 123
- CHRISTOPHER LORING MAHERPetty Officer Second Class · March 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CARROLL ELROD JRMajor · April 14, 1971
- ROY RAY HALLCorporal · April 14, 1971
- RONNIE ALBERT KERRPrivate First Class · April 14, 1971
- THOMAS EARL MACKEYConstructionman · April 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CARROLL ELROD JRMajor · Panel 4W, Line 123
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.