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MILES D TOUCHBERRY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – April 12, 1969
Service recordMiles D Touchberry JR, of Sumter, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Sumter, South Carolina (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 68
- LLOYD EDWARD JONESPetty Officer Second Class · January 19, 1969
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- JERRY GLENN WEATHERFORDPrivate · April 12, 1969
- STEVEN EDWARD WETTERGRENPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STAMATIOS G ALEXANDER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 61
- ROBERT CARL KINGSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 65
- THOMAS HARRY ROBERTSONSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 66
- MICHAEL LAVERN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 66
From Sumter
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- HAROLD MCRAE SMITHPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- LELAND EMANUEL HAMMONDLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BEN WHITESergeant · July 10, 1967
- DAVID NATHANIEL GREEN JRSecond Lieutenant · July 24, 1967
- WALLACE GOURLEY HYNDS JRColonel · August 2, 1967
- CARL MCFADDEN JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 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.