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DOUGLAS MICHAEL CAIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 21, 1944 – July 14, 1968
Service recordDouglas Michael Cain, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 27
- JOHNNIE ROGER CAMDENPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD LUCIEN DAVID JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- DAVID TERRELL DURHAMPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GEORGE LIEWERSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 28
- CLAYTON DAVIS WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 32
From Sioux City
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 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.