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JAMES LEONARD FAIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1942 – February 22, 1966
Service recordJames Leonard Fain, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 60
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- LYNDSEY FRANK FONGERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CALVIN RAYMOND HEBERT JRCorporal · February 22, 1966
- LEO FREDERICK KRUMBINEPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLINTON RUSSELL ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 59
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 60
- LEO FREDERICK KRUMBINEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 60
- RALPH ARDEN MAXHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
- RICARDO JAMES PEREZSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 62
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 62
- CLARENCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 63
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- KENNETH RAY NEWSOMELance Corporal · May 6, 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.