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CHARLES FREDERICK REIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – November 21, 1968
Service recordCharles Frederick Rein, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motion Picture Specialist (84C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 29
- RICHARD ALLEN NICHOLSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- BILLIE JOE ONTISSpecialist Five · November 21, 1968
- GERALD M ORTEGOWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH PAMANETPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEAN CLIFTON FOSTERCaptain · Panel 38W, Line 25
- MARTIN GEHRING GIVENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 26
- STANLEY NORRIS GREENSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 26
- BILLIE JOE ONTISSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 29
- EDDY GALE SUMPTERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 30
- ROBERT LEE STOREYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 31
- CLIFFORD KAY WELDINGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 32
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.