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WILLIE GILES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 20, 1941 – March 1, 1968
Service recordWillie Giles JR, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 16
- FRANK FETTUCCIAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- NICHOLAS HEFER FRITZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- CARLOS LUIS GONZALESPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE MOSSMajor · Panel 42E, Line 21
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
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.