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JOHN ELMER MILES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1942 – November 5, 1966
Service recordJohn Elmer Miles, of Dover, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 5, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Dover, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 28
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- EARL DEWITT HUTTONPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- HARRY D LUNDPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MULLENSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
From Dover
- JAMES COLON BAXTERSergeant · August 30, 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.