The Wall › Panel 14E › Iowa › Lynn Leroy Miles
LYNN LEROY MILES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – January 29, 1967
Service recordLynn Leroy Miles, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 95
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 95
- WILLIAM RICHARD DUMASPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- ALFRED BYRON MAYCorporal · January 29, 1967
- ROBERT PATRICK RUMLEY JRCaptain · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY EDWIN WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 97
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.