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ERNEST MICHAEL STAINES
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 17, 1949 – June 29, 1969
Service recordErnest Michael Staines, of Cordele, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 34
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
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Cordele, Georgia (Crisp County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 34
- HARRELL SAMUEL MEFFORDWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1969
- PATRICK J OSHAUGHNESSYSpecialist Five · June 29, 1969
- ROBERT DUANE PAULUSSecond Lieutenant · June 29, 1969
- BENNY DAVIS STUCKEYSergeant · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FISHER CLENDENINSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 31
- COURTNEY JAMES COSGROVESpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 31
- RONALD RICHARD DEWYEASpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 31
- DONALD PAUL DAVIESSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 32
- WAYNE HERSCHEL EMERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 32
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 33
- HERBERT JAMES LOTTESSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 33
From Cordele
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARVIN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1967
- VERNON MEANSSergeant · November 13, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL BECKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- WILLIE B WALKER JRLance Corporal · January 2, 1970
- RUBIN MATHIS IISpecialist Five · June 25, 1971
- CHARLES EDWARD GREENEPetty Officer First Class · February 3, 1972
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.