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WILLIAM GENE MAIN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – July 28, 1966
Service recordWilliam Gene Main JR, of Alliance, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Alliance, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 83
- ERSKINE BUFORD WILDEPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- JIMMY DEVER BACCUSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MCREEStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BENNY LEON SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 84
From Alliance
- LEE CELIN WAGNER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1965
- LARRY LAMARR DEANStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1967
- THOMAS ANGELO MANGINOStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES WAHLSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- DAVID HUGH WYRICKLieutenant · March 18, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD HUNT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- ALVIS RAY FAVERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 18, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WOODSergeant · February 20, 1970
- ROBERT BRUCE MICHALKSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
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.