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JEFFERY CHARLES NILES
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 18, 1949 – September 27, 1968
Service recordJeffery Charles Niles, of Bremerton, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Bremerton, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 26
- LAWRENCE BENJAMIN BANEKCorporal · September 27, 1968
- MARK ALBERT BARNESPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- TOMMY RAY BOWMANCorporal · September 27, 1968
- DERRIS BROWNSergeant · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DELFIN HILARIO COOKStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 27
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 28
- KEVIN LESLIE GREENESergeant · Panel 42W, Line 29
- QUENTIN FOXX HURSTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 29
- LAWRENCE RICHAR MERSCHRODPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 30
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42W, Line 33
From Bremerton
- DANIEL WILLIAM HARMONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- RUSSELL BERNDT WALKERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT DEVOREPrivate · November 28, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE KERRLieutenant Commander · March 10, 1967
- CHARLES C ANDERSON JRCaptain · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK WRIGHTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- GREIG ROBERT PARKHURSTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- STEPHEN PETER BARKERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- WADE RUSSELL REAUMECorporal · March 25, 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.