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ROBERT EMMET CAIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 6, 1949 – May 20, 1970
Service recordRobert Emmet Cain, of Levittown, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Levittown, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 68
- CRAIG MARTIN YANCEYPrivate · May 19, 1970
- CURTIS BOARDMANSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
- JOSEPH ARTHUR CARDENASSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
- JACKIE LEWIS FORDCorporal · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 69
- JOHN ALLEN CLAGGETTCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 69
- GARY WAYNE GEARSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 70
- RALPH THOMAS MUELLERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 71
- TONY ROBERT WARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 73
From Levittown
- JAMES RAYMOND ONEILLMajor · February 6, 1963
- MICKY JAMES JOHNSLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 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.