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PHILLIP MURRY MYLES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1946 – July 27, 1967
Service recordPhillip Murry Myles, of Minden, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Minden, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 9
- LEROY A NELSONSergeant First Class · July 27, 1967
- ROBERT WARREN NELSONPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- BRUCE MERLE PATTERSONEnsign · July 27, 1967
- BOBBY GENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MYRON DONALD LUCASSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 8
- RICHARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
From Minden
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- JAMES RONALD GARCIASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- WILLIE PURFOY SEAMSTERLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN BRANCHLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLOYDLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- ALLEN ROSS CULPEPPERCaptain · May 18, 1969
- PAUL DOUGLAS DUKESCorporal · August 31, 1969
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
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.