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CHARLES JERRY GAINES
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1935 – November 20, 1966
Service recordCharles Jerry Gaines, of Newton, Mississippi, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 95
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 10, 1935
- Home of record
- Newton, Mississippi (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 95
- PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERTSpecialist Four · November 20, 1966
- JIMMIE CARROL HONLEYStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER ISLEY IIICorporal · November 20, 1966
- GLENDELL EUGENE YATESTechnical Sergeant · November 20, 1966
From Newton
- CLINTON CHAPMANCorporal · May 24, 1968
- THOMAS MOODY FELTONMajor · July 14, 1969
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.