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REGINALD JOE ABERNETHY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1948 – March 22, 1971
Service recordReginald Joe Abernethy, of Maiden, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 65
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Maiden, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4W, Line 65
- CHRISTOPHER ZENO CZARNOTAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
- TERRY WAYNE DOANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- KARL WALTER DRUZINSKICorporal · March 22, 1971
- WILLIAM HENRY FELLSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KARL WALTER DRUZINSKICorporal · Panel 4W, Line 65
- WILLIAM HENRY FELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 65
- WILLIAM STUART GLENNPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 66
- DAVID ROY HAYWARDSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 67
- JOHN WILSON MCLEMORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 68
- ROGER WILLIAM STAHLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 68
From Maiden
- GARRY LEE REYNOLDSCorporal · June 25, 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.