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TROY CLEVELAND BATTLES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1948 – January 6, 1968
Service recordTroy Cleveland Battles, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 55
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 55
- WILLIAM J ADAMSSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- JAMES ALVIN BAILEYCorporal · January 6, 1968
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HILLEYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 58
- JERRY WAYNE WICKAMCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 62
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.