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THOMAS LEE GAINES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1944 – March 1, 1969
Service recordThomas Lee Gaines JR, of Aurora, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 4
- MICHAEL ANTHONY HARVEYPrivate · March 1, 1969
- DALE GEORGE HELGESONSergeant · March 1, 1969
- CHARLES MICHAEL HOBBSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- GEORGE VICTOR JMAEFFCorporal · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN CARAPEZZASpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 99
- JAMES ADOLPH CRAFTCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 2
- RODNEY MICHAEL GOODESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 3
- JIMMY RAY GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 3
- DAVID EUGENE LOVEGRENCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 5
- JOHN WILLIAM MASSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 6
- DENNIS EUGENE WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 9
From Aurora
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JOHN PAUL CRANDALLSergeant · March 21, 1967
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 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.