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ROBERT DANIEL CAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1945 – October 23, 1967
Service recordRobert Daniel Cain, of Union Lake, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 53
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Union Lake, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 53
- EDWARD L BIEBERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- WARREN DANE CAMPBELLStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1967
- KENNEY DEAN CHAPPELLSergeant · October 23, 1967
- GEORGE H COLBERTPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL GAUTNEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 58
From Union Lake
- JAMES RAY LAUDICINASergeant · September 9, 1967
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES EVANSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS LEO TAFFEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- CHARLES RAY HENLEYSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- GORDON E MYERSCorporal · January 25, 1969
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · May 5, 1969
- JOSEPH CHARLES CHISHOLMSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- FREDERIC HUTCHISON DAVISSergeant · June 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ALLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
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.