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DONALD HENRY MCMAINS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1947 – August 9, 1969
Service recordDonald Henry McMains JR, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 119
- EDWARD EUGENE BECK JRGunnery Sergeant · August 9, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD KANECorporal · August 9, 1969
- MICHAEL WARD KIRKPATRICKLieutenant (junior grade) · August 9, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT SEIBERTSpecialist Four · August 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HUMBERTO LLAMAZALESSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 116
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.