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LLOYD STEVEN RAINEY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 22, 1938 – December 12, 1971
Service recordLloyd Steven Rainey, of Anchorage, Alaska, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 87
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Anchorage, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 87
- BERNARD JOSEPH MORAN JRMaster Sergeant · December 12, 1971
- JOHN GORDON BOYANOWSKILieutenant Colonel · December 14, 1971
- DWIGHT AMOS BREMMERSpecialist Four · December 14, 1971
- FLOYD DEAN CALDWELLStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HOWELL WAYNE BURNSPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 86
From Anchorage
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON PRENTICEGunnery Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS PIASKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1968
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 25, 1969
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.