Giles, Barney McKinley Jr.
Army Private 1st class

Barney McKinley Jr. Giles, age 18, from Harrison County Biloxi, Mississippi .

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Central Junior High
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Division

Date of death: Tuesday, April 5, 1966
Death details: Died in Vietnam from wounds suffered there on April 5 when he was hit by metal fragments from hostile mortar fire.

Source: National Archives, Sun Herald (1966)