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MILES GREGORY WILDMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1941 – October 26, 1968
Service recordMiles Gregory Wildman, of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 40
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 40
- KEITH LYLE SWANSONSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- LOUIS WELDON WASHINGTONPrivate · October 26, 1968
- DAVID KENNETH WILHELMPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN WORLDSPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 36
- CLYDE GARTH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 37
- WAYNE BIZZLE HOLLANDSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 37
- SAMUEL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 37
- MARLOWE EUGENE KEELSSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 38
- ANTHONY JAMES LASKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 38
- STEVEN ALLEN MATHERSSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 38
- CHARLES LEO POOLPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
- STEPHEN HENRY SAMPLESPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
- THOMAS ALFRED SENNEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
From Conshohocken
- LAWRENCE RICHARD MOYERMajor · August 31, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM FOXCorporal · April 3, 1968
- JOHN PAUL MURPHYSpecialist Four · November 10, 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.