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ROBERT RAY MYLES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 26, 1936 – July 25, 1966
Service recordRobert Ray Myles, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 25, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 75
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 26, 1936
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 75
- GERARD MARTIN KIESWETTERMajor · July 25, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN LYSAGHTLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- ROBERT CLAYTON MOORESergeant · July 25, 1966
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
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.