Name: 1LT Jeffrey William Rainaud
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 10/11/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 21.9
Date of Birth: 11/15/1946
Home City: South Hadley Falls, MA
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-265
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 41W-049
Short Summary: Mid-air with HMM-262 UH-34D at 1500 ft. Only the fuel cell burned.
Aircraft: CH-46A tail number 151917
Service number: 0101585
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Primary cause: Mid-Air
Started Tour: 03/08/1968
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 03
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: VILLAGE CEMETERY, SOUTH HADLEY FALLS, MA
This record was last updated on 01/09/1997
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