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EVERETT EDWARD RINES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1949 – April 2, 1970
Service recordEverett Edward Rines, of Manchester, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 84
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Manchester, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 84
- WILLIE JAMES RIDGEWAYCaptain · April 2, 1970
- SEVERIANO RIOSCorporal · April 2, 1970
- HENRY NEIL ROCKOWERFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HARRY DILMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 79
From Manchester
- DAVID MICHAEL QUEYSergeant · January 19, 1967
- JOHN GERALD CURTINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES WHITEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR RHUDAPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- KEITH ALLAN MILLERPrivate · September 7, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH KRAJEWSKISpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- RAYMOND CLARK HOLMANLance Corporal · June 16, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN MOTTSpecialist Five · August 30, 1969
- VICTOR DELGRECO JRSergeant · March 2, 1970
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.