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DORRIS WAYNE TRAINER
Private · U.S. Army
February 5, 1949 – March 18, 1970
Service recordDorris Wayne Trainer, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 19
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 19
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SWARTZSpecialist Four · March 18, 1970
- RICHARD LEE WISEMANSergeant · March 18, 1970
- DARRELL EUGENE AYERSStaff Sergeant · March 19, 1970
- LARRY ANTHONY BRANAMPrivate First Class · March 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 17
- JOSEPH MONSONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 18
- RICHARD LEE WISEMANSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 19
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
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.