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REUBEN MILEY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1943 – October 1, 1968
Service recordReuben Miley JR, of Hollis, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 58
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- August 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Hollis, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 58
- RICHARD LEE HALGRENAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES MCKENZIECorporal · October 1, 1968
- FREDDIE MCQUEENPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- VICTOR PEREZ JRCorporal · October 1, 1968
- WARD EUGENE SEESergeant · October 1, 1968
From Hollis
- RICHARD HENRY GRUNBERGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- ARTHUR ERIC FISHENDENLance Corporal · July 24, 1967
- LINWOOD CALVIN CORBETTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- HENRY HERBERT MCGEEStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- CLARENCE A ROUSSELL JRSecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- JAMES BENJAMIN WHITTIERPrivate · June 27, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COXStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES NELSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- ROBERT OCHABCaptain · January 7, 1970
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.