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MILES T TANIMOTO
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 20, 1936 – July 25, 1966
Service recordMiles T Tanimoto, of Lawai, Hawaii, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 25, 1966, in Thailand, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- July 20, 1936
- Home of record
- Lawai, Hawaii (Kauai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 76
- JACK PITTMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE SCHUMACHERLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- PAUL PHILLIP VANOVERLance Corporal · July 25, 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.