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JAMES CALWINN CAIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 16, 1950 – August 27, 1970
Service recordJames Calwinn Cain, of Hamshire, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 16
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Hamshire, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 16
- ANDREW RYAN BARRETTStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1970
- DANIEL MURPHY BENNETTCorporal · August 27, 1970
- MARCUS JAMES HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 27, 1970
- WILLIE HOWARD HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
From Hamshire
- DOUGLAS HUGH KIKERSergeant · November 21, 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.