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MICHAEL EDWARD RAINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1947 – June 7, 1968
Service recordMichael Edward Rains, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 27
- RONALD EDWARD ROCKEFELLERHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SAPPSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW SCARPINATOLance Corporal · June 7, 1968
- GREGORY ALLEN SHELLEYCorporal · June 7, 1968
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 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.