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WILLIAM FRANKLIN GAINES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1945 – July 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam Franklin Gaines, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 100
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Sand Springs, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 100
- GEORGE FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS GANIONPrivate · July 21, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HUCKABEELance Corporal · July 21, 1967
From Sand Springs
- BILLIE ALLEN HALLStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- DAVID RICHARD STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND AUSBERNCorporal · December 3, 1968
- LARRY LEE BROWNSergeant · April 8, 1970
- RANDALL SCOTT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- JIMMY LEON GOODELLLance Corporal · June 10, 1970
- CHESTER ROY REESE JRSpecialist Five · September 5, 1970
- WALTER LEON POINTERSpecialist Four · September 10, 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.