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KENNETH NEAL REBER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1949 – July 7, 1970
Service recordKenneth Neal Reber, of Roseburg, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 129
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Roseburg, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 129
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · July 7, 1970
- VERNON KENNETH SMOLIK JRSergeant · July 7, 1970
- ROBERT F WOODHOUSE JRCaptain · July 7, 1970
- STANLEY JOE CRUSESergeant · July 8, 1970
From Roseburg
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- RICHARD DOIL STINNETTSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RODNEY EDWIN KINYONHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZSecond Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- EDWARD ARTHUR MATHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
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.