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THOMAS BALLARD RAINEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1944 – November 11, 1968
Service recordThomas Ballard Rainey, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 11, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 50
- DAVID ALLEN KNOXSergeant · November 11, 1968
- CHARLIE LEE LOGANStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE MORMAN JRSergeant · November 11, 1968
- RICHARD LEE MOYERSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.