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KARL LEWIS REINECCIUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1950 – October 26, 1970
Service recordKarl Lewis Reineccius, of Paris, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Paris, Arkansas (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 24
- DENNIS EDWARD REESESpecialist Four · October 26, 1970
- CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1970
- JACK LAWRENCE BAGLEYFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD MILLERLance Corporal · October 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RICHARD COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 22
- DENNIS EDWARD REESESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 24
- CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 24
From Paris
- LARRY NEIL HARPERCorporal · April 19, 1969
- DAVID FRANK SCHLUTERMANPrivate First Class · June 13, 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.