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JOHN CALVIN MILES
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 30, 1944 – August 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Calvin Miles, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 48
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49W, Line 48
- WILLIAM ARTHUR JOYHospitalman · August 11, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- THOMAS DENNIS NADEAUSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- GARY GLEN POOLPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.