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PORTER RAY CAIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1936 – May 12, 1966
Service recordPorter Ray Cain, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1936
- Home of record
- Parkersburg, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 51
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- JOHN BRUCE CAPELSecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1966
- BERNARD ERROYL CLAREPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- BLANCHARD WARD COCHRANEStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD ERROYL CLAREPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 51
- GEORGE FREDERICK DAILEYCaptain · Panel 7E, Line 52
- JAMES H GRAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 52
- GEORGE MALCOLM HIGHTOWERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 52
- VICENTE QUINTAN RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 54
- BENJAMIN ELMER SCOLLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 55
- ROBERT JOHN SIMMERMONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 55
From Parkersburg
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · December 3, 1965
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN ERIC EMRICKLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES REYNOLDSSergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN WHARTONMajor · February 20, 1969
- GARY REX MOSSLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- DONALD EDWARD ROSSSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · May 4, 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.