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JOE JUNIOR MILES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – February 12, 1969
Service recordJoe Junior Miles, of Kingstree, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 19
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Kingstree, South Carolina (Williamsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 19
- RANDOLPH BROWN JRLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD BROWNSergeant · February 12, 1969
- VINCENT COLASUONNOMajor · February 12, 1969
- WALTER NORMAN CRAWFORDSergeant · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DONALD BAKKENPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 18
- WALTER NORMAN CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 19
- WESLEY PAUL HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 20
From Kingstree
- SAMUEL DONALD MCCLARYPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- JIMMY WILSON LESAINEPrivate · January 21, 1969
- CALVIN EMANUEL COOPERPrivate First Class · May 28, 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.