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FORREST DEVERE RAINS JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 23, 1946 – October 29, 1967
Service recordForrest Devere Rains JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 98
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 MED DET USARV
- Born
- October 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “57 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 98
- CARLYLE B POMEROY JRSeaman Apprentice · October 29, 1967
- JAMES LAWRENCE PREZIOSIPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- BRISTOL ROBERTSON JRCorporal · October 29, 1967
- JOHN CORWIN YAGERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES CHIMINELLOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 95
- HERBERT C DONALDSON JRSpecialist Five · Panel 28E, Line 95
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.