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VERNON EDWARD RAINEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 3, 1948 – February 11, 1971
Service recordVernon Edward Rainey, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 97
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 97
- RICHARD WILLIAM OKEEFEFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1971
- WAYNE ONEAL PATTERSONSergeant First Class · February 11, 1971
- LUCIO JON REISSpecialist Four · February 11, 1971
- DANIEL HARRISON TATELieutenant Colonel · February 11, 1971
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
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.