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ALEXANDER GEORGE WAINIO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1948 – May 26, 1967
Service recordAlexander George Wainio, of Troy, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 126
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Troy, New Hampshire (Cheshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 126
- LOREN CLEVELAND SURLESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- TEDDY GENE TALLEYSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD TROXELLPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERRY GORDON WALLERLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
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.