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DOUGLAS GAINES JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1936 – September 16, 1968
Service recordDouglas Gaines JR, of Perry, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1936
- Home of record
- Perry, Florida (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 5
- RUSSELL JAMES HEATHPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- BRADY WILLIAM HERRINGSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- DELON HUNTERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL THOMPSONSergeant · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JODY MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 1
- BILLY RAY DENTSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 3
- JAMES RAYMOND ENGLERTSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 4
- JOHN MICHAEL LYONSCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 6
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 7
- JOSE MANUEL QUESNEYCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 8
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 10
From Perry
- JIMMY ROLLINGSCorporal · April 9, 1966
- JACK STEPHEN SMITHLance Corporal · July 26, 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.