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NEAL VINCENT BAINTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1951 – August 10, 1970
Service recordNeal Vincent Bainter, of Orange, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 31, 1951
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 99
- HERMAN VICTOR STURM JRSergeant · August 9, 1970
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER CAFFEYSergeant · August 10, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD CROWLEYSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
- JOSEPH FRANK MARCANTONIOPrivate · August 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH FRANK MARCANTONIOPrivate · Panel 8W, Line 99
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 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.