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JOHN ROBERT GAINER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 9, 1948 – July 28, 1969
Service recordJohn Robert Gainer, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 65
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 65
- ROBERT WENDELL FLETCHERPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- PETER JAMES GERRYSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- JACKIE DWAYNE HAMBYSergeant · July 28, 1969
- ANDREW JOHN KINIRYCorporal · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EUGENE FABRISICorporal · Panel 20W, Line 64
- PETER JAMES GERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 65
- HOWARD WALLACE LAKEYCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 66
From Broken Arrow
- WALTER CURTIS BLACK JRCorporal · December 30, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM PENDERGRASSCorporal · February 21, 1969
- PAUL DAVID LUCASLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- GARY KEITH BARNETTSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN RANKINPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
- EDGAR RUSSELL PULLIAM JRCorporal · January 11, 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.