BIRTH: September 28, 1919
Rural Elmwood, Illinois
Son of William F. and Mary Grace (McNitt) Miles
Graduated from Elmwood Community High School 1937
Enlisted February 14, 1938 in Portland, Oregon
DEATH: December 7, 1941
Aboard the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor,
Territory of Hawaii
Listed as MIA (Missing In Action)
Interred with at least 400 other sailors and Marines
in two cemeteries (Halawa Naval Cemetery
and Nu'uanu Naval Cemetery) as "unknowns,"
and later to the National Cemetery of the Pacific,
Honululu, Hawaii.
REINTERMENT: May 27, 2019
Elmwood Township Cemetery
Elmwood, Illinois
HONOR GUARD: US Naval Honor Guard
VFW Archie T. Miles Post #4724
SPEAKER: Dimitri Beres
The family wishes to thank Chief Deshannon Beaty, Lt. Cmdr. Brian Kemmitz,
and the many sailors who worked to bring Archie home. Thank you also to
Dimitri Beres, the VFW, and Oaks-Hines Funeral Home.
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