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VERNON BARTON RAINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 29, 1947 – December 27, 1967
Service recordVernon Barton Rains, of San Mateo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 80
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cargo Specialist (57H)
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 80
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- SHELLIE JEAN REEDLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- OSSIE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
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.