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JAMES ALVIN RAINWATER JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 23, 1931 – July 12, 1967
Service recordJames Alvin Rainwater JR, of Billingsley, Alabama, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 12, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 23, 1931
- Home of record
- Billingsley, Alabama (Autauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 63
- FRANK JAMES ROSE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BRIAN WAYNE RUSHTONCaptain · July 12, 1967
- LAURENCE G SERSHONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH SULLIVANMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
From Billingsley
- RALPH WAYNE JONESSpecialist Four · April 10, 1971
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.