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JOHN EMORY MILES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1941 – July 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Emory Miles, of East Peoria, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 38
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 30, 1941
- Home of record
- East Peoria, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 38
- MANUEL GARCIA OROPEZAPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
- GLENN AIREN PRANGERStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SEBRINGSergeant First Class · July 2, 1968
- JAMES CLEVELAND TULLISSergeant · July 2, 1968
From East Peoria
- CARL RAY BARNHARTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- BERNARD CHARLES MATTSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- WILLIAM DERRILL TRENTLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- BENJAMIN H BINEGAR JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- RUSSELL EUGENE MOKEFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · October 12, 1970
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.