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WILBUR DEAN RAINWATER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1947 – September 16, 1966
Service recordWilbur Dean Rainwater, of East Point, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 103
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 12, 1947
- Home of record
- East Point, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 103
- EDWARD GARRY RANKINPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN LEIGHTON ROBERTSONColonel · September 16, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN ROSETOLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
From East Point
- JOHN DUFF GAYMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS BROWNChief Petty Officer · January 26, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD MANNINGAirman · July 29, 1967
- PASCHAL GLENN BOGGSMajor · August 27, 1967
- LEWIS LEONARD SLOANPrivate · November 16, 1967
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLES REMBERT WYATTFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- JAMES DEAN HOAGCaptain · June 19, 1969
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.