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WILLIAM MICHAEL CAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1948 – May 8, 1967
Service recordWilliam Michael Cain, of Irving, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 56
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Irving, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 56
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- JEFFERSON CLIFFORD CHESNUTTCaptain · May 8, 1967
- DAVID LUHVER CLEVELANDCorporal · May 8, 1967
- LEON LAWRENCE CORNWELL JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Irving
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- VARDE WESTON SMITH IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- ARLON DANIEL WALL JRAirman First Class · September 9, 1967
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 1968
- CHARLES DON CHAMPIONCorporal · August 28, 1968
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.