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DON RUE SAIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1943 – July 29, 1966
Service recordDon Rue Sain, of Saratoga, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 9E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Saratoga, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 88
- LONNIE DEAN HARTSOCKLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- BERNARD CONKLINLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- RAY STEPHEN LONGPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- JOHN MICHIO MAMIYAChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- JAMES ALAN MAXAMPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DELMER LEE LAWSSergeant First Class · Panel 9E, Line 87
From Saratoga
- STEPHEN EDWARD MORGANWarrant Officer 1 · December 30, 1964
- JAMES EUGENE BERARDSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- BARRY HENNETT WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
- LEWIS STEVEN HALLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- ROBERT ALLAN ROBERTSONCaptain · June 9, 1972
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.