Besides his parents, he is survived by four brothers, Ronnie, Andy, Ernie, Devin and two sisters, Joyce and Karen, all of Knoxville.” Funeral arrangements await the arrival of the body from Vietnam. He was a graduate of Fulton High School and attended East Tennessee State University and University of Tennessee before entering the Army October 27, 1966. Wiles had narrowly escaped injury last February during military operations along the Tri Bong River when he spotted a mortar shell partially submerged in the river bank and rigged to explode with the slightest jar. He arrived in Vietnam, October 18, and had written his parents on May 3 that he would be home in five months and was looking forward to sleeping a long time, his mother said. He was a military policeman and machine gunner assigned to Headquarters Company, 198th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division. The 21 year old soldier was hit Monday by fragments from a hostile mine while a passenger in a military vehicle on convoy in the I Corps section of Northern South Vietnam. Wiles, of 2812 North Hills Boulevard, has died of injuries suffered in Vietnam, his family was informed yesterday. He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, TN. Wiles was killed May 13,1968, in Vietnam. His tour began October 4, 1967, and was stationed in the headquarters company of the 198th Light Infantry Brigade. He was a graduate of Fulton High School and attended the University of Tennessee. Alvin Eugene Wiles was born on July 20, 1946, in Knoxville, TN. Length of Service: 1 year -MP Platoon, HHC, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division -Service Occupation: Military Policeman -Died in Quang Nam, South Vietnam -Cause of Death: Hostile, Ground Casualty, explosive device
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