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PHILIP FALCONA GAINES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1947 – April 12, 1968
Service recordPhilip Falcona Gaines, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Ardmore, Oklahoma (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 31
- ROBERT WAYNE ELLSWORTHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDWARD LEE GOODMANStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- EDWARD LEON HARRISSecond Lieutenant · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GEORGE HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 32
From Ardmore
- THURMAN ADAIRStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1966
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- CLARENCE LEE SHAWSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- ANTHONY RONALD WATKINSSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- THOMAS CECIL VAUGHANSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- JERRY DON DEWBERRYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- DONALD LAVOYCE BRIGHTMANSpecialist Five · June 15, 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.