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JAMES GAINES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordJames Gaines JR, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 39
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 39
- CLIFFORD MCCARTH GARDELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- CHARLES J GIBILTERRA JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK GREERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- WAYNE DOUGLAS GROATSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 36
- ALBERT ASHLEY DAVENPORTSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 37
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JOHN DENNIS FREPPONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JAMES JOHN MORRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 42
- JAMES MARCUS ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 43
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.