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EDWARD GEORGE RAINFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1944 – June 29, 1968
Service recordEdward George Rainford, of Santa Rosa, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 19
- JOHN PIO ROGONECorporal · June 29, 1968
- JAMES GRAY ROWE JRSergeant · June 29, 1968
- PETER GEORGE RUIZPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TYESCorporal · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEONARD DUTRASpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 15
- JAMES GRAY ROWE JRSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 19
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.