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JOHN B GAINGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1948 – July 25, 1969
Service recordJohn B Gainger, of Thomasville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 43
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Thomasville, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 43
- JIMMY DARRELL COURTNEYPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- JOSE ALEJANDRO DELGADOCaptain · July 25, 1969
- GERALD EUGENE DUBEAUSergeant · July 25, 1969
- JAY LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · July 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL M BARTHOLOMEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 42
- JOSE ALEJANDRO DELGADOCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 43
- WESLEY ERWIN MUELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 45
From Thomasville
- VANN DWAIN SHERRILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 23, 1965
- WAYNE VASTER WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- SAMUEL LUTHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH TURNERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
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.