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MILES ROBERT GREGOIRE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1949 – July 1, 1968
Service recordMiles Robert Gregoire, of Wells, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Wells, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 32
- MORRIS EDWARD OSTRANDERSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE PULSSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES ROSSSergeant · July 1, 1968
- THOMAS RUIZLance Corporal · July 1, 1968
From Wells
- WAYNE ROBERT ELKINSPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- STEPHEN FRANCIS GRAYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
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.