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PHILLIP RAY GAINES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1947 – May 26, 1967
Service recordPhillip Ray Gaines, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 115
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1947
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 115
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- DENNIS WILLARD FRASIERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JAMES LENARD GALESHospitalman · May 26, 1967
- JERONIMO GARCIA-SOTOSergeant First Class · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE RUDIN DODDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 113
- TERENCE PATRICK FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 114
- CLAYTON WINSLOW JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 117
- DONALD EARL MESAROSHSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 120
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 121
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 123
- MICHAEL CONRAD ROELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 123
- RICHARD EDWARD WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 125
- TEDDY GENE TALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 126
- PAUL M WOOLDRIDGE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 127
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.