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RONALD DAVID MILES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1948 – November 26, 1966
Service recordRonald David Miles, of Mill Valley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 122
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Mill Valley, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 122
- NORMAN WAYNE MCROBIEAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- EVANGELISTA PAGAN-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
From Mill Valley
- CHARLES F WHITEHEAD JRWarrant Officer · October 8, 1963
- EARLE AVON DRAKECaptain · August 6, 1967
- JEFFREY ARTHUR TURNERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK SHANNON JRSpecialist Four · September 14, 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.