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WILLIAM GEORGE RAINEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1946 – May 6, 1967
Service recordWilliam George Rainey, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 50
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
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 50
- DOUGLAS RALPH HODGSONPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- LARRY ALBERT LINDELLPetty Officer Third Class · May 6, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.