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WILLIAM EUGENE AILES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 12, 1948 – December 8, 1967
Service recordWilliam Eugene Ailes, of Sugar Grove, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 62
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Sugar Grove, Ohio (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 62
- DAVID JAMES WOZNICKISpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- DAVID LEE ZYWICKELance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- DOMINGO IGNACIO AGUILARLieutenant Colonel · December 8, 1967
- GARY DENNIS AMESStaff Sergeant · December 8, 1967
From Sugar Grove
- WILLIAM WALLACE MCGREW IIISergeant · November 27, 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.