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THOMAS ARTHUR BAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1946 – October 7, 1964
Service recordThomas Arthur Bain, of Putnam Station, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Putnam Station, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1964
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 65
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
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.