Miles, John Calvin, CPL

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Corporal

Last Service Branch
Signal Corps

Last Primary MOS
36C20-Wire Systems Installer

Last MOS Group
Signal

Primary Unit
1968-1968, 36C20, 267th Signal Company

Service Years
1967 - 1968

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

North Carolina

Year of Birth
1944

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Casualty Info

Home Town Burlington	Last Address Route #3, Burlington, NC 27215

Casualty Date Aug 11, 1968
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes	Reason Vehicle Loss, Crash
Location Dinh Tuong (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery - Leasburg, North Carolina	Wall/Plot Coordinates 49W 048
Military Service Number 6 - 9 120 005

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1982, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2010, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Photo Album (More...)

Ribbon Bar

Enlisted/Officer Basic Training


	1967, 6th Battalion, 2nd Training Brigade (BCT) (Fort Bragg, NC), C

Unit Assignments


	1968-1968, 36C20, 267th Signal Company
	1968-1968, 36C20, 1st Signal Brigade

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase IV Campaign (1968)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)

Other News, Events and Photographs


	Apr 17, 2023, Other Photos

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

CPL Miles was fatally injured at Dong Tam Base Camp in Dinh Tuong Province, RVN, while returning from work when the vehicle he was a passenger in overturned after hitting a bump, Coffelt Database.