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RICHARD ROBERT MILES
Private · U.S. Army
November 18, 1940 – September 14, 1966
Service recordRichard Robert Miles, of Bath, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 95
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Bath, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 95
- FELIX HERNANDEZCorporal · September 14, 1966
- JULIUS FRAZIER JONESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- HAROLD EUGENE KNUDSEN JRFirst Lieutenant · September 14, 1966
- CLARENCE W STODDARD JRCommander · September 14, 1966
From Bath
- RAYMOND LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- JOHN ALBERT SPIRESCaptain · July 22, 1972
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.