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JAMES DOUGLAS CAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 16, 1948 – April 28, 1968
Service recordJames Douglas Cain, of Hull, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Hull, Texas (Liberty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 34
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- JOSEPH CHESTER BORSLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE BRYANStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- COYTE DAVID CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD STEVEN BANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 32
- ROBERT LEE GLENN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 37
- DALE EVAN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 37
- WILLIAM HARRY HOLLMENPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 38
- PEDRO ANTO MAYMI-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 40
- LUIS R MUNOZSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 40
From Hull
- DOYLE LYNN BELLLance Corporal · December 18, 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.