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PATRICK CHARLES MILES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1947 – August 19, 1968
Service recordPatrick Charles Miles, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 1
- CESAR JABONILLO MAMONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- SALVADOR JOE MENDEZSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- GENE ALLEN MOONEY JRLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
- ROY THOMAS WESTBROOKSpecialist Five · August 19, 1968
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
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.