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JOSEPH WAYNE MILEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1952 – February 8, 1971
Service recordJoseph Wayne Miley, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1971, in Laos, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B TRP 7 SQD 1 CAV 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 15, 1952
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B TRP 7 SQD 1 CAV 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 88
- KYLE CLINTON HOLFELTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
- RANDALL LYNN HARRISCorporal · February 8, 1971
- KEVIN PETER KNIGHTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
- DALE WALTER MEADPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
- LEWIS DONALD MEYER JRCorporal · February 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID NELSON FOXCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 87
- JOHN ERNEST ROBERTSONCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 89
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.