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MARVIN JEROME GAINES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – November 26, 1968
Service recordMarvin Jerome Gaines, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 66
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 38W, Line 66
- JOHNNY GLEN GREGGSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- GREGG HARTNESSColonel · November 26, 1968
- HAROLD DEAN HOUSKERCorporal · November 26, 1968
- MICHAEL JAY PASSAFUMEHospitalman · November 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DEAN ALGIREPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 63
- JOHN STEPHEN ALLING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 64
- STEPHEN CARL BEALSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 64
- LLOYD ALLEN CHESSCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 64
- JAMES DONALD DORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 38W, Line 65
- WILLIAM MICHAEL EBELSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 65
- JOHNNY GLEN GREGGSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 66
- ROBERT ERNEST JONESCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 68
- BOBBY JAMES PERKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 68
- PIETRO PICONISpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 68
- CURTIS HALL RAINERSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 68
- PATRICK EDWARD SMITH JRSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 69
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 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.