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JAMES WALTER MYLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1950 – June 4, 1971
Service recordJames Walter Myles, of Bossier City, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Bossier City, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 66
- REY FRANCISCO TORRESRAMOSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- LEM CLARKSergeant First Class · June 5, 1971
- JOHN ROBERT JONESSergeant · June 5, 1971
- WILLIAM JOSEPH LAMMERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1971
From Bossier City
- WALLACE LEE OGEASergeant · November 20, 1967
- CHARLIE REUBEN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- DENNIS BEDELLE BLACKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- ALTON DELANEY KELLOGGSergeant · December 19, 1968
- HERBERT WALTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- ARTHUR NORMAN WELCHLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
- DOLROY FRANCIESPrivate First Class · December 1, 1969
- ISSAC DAVID FAUGHNStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- ARNOLD JOHN RAHMCaptain · April 19, 1972
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.