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CHARLES LENARD REEFER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 21, 1947 – August 7, 1969
Service recordCharles Lenard Reefer, of Jamestown, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamestown, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 109
- ROBERT FRANKLIN OLSONCaptain · August 7, 1969
- STEPHEN BLAKE PEELSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- STEPHEN PAUL SHANERSergeant · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROOSEVELT ABRAHAM JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 105
- LEO JOE ADAKAICorporal · Panel 20W, Line 105
From Jamestown
- RODGER DENNIS MCELHANEYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
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.