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REGINALD LOUIS CONE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1946 – September 26, 1966
Service recordReginald Louis Cone, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 19
- LAWRENCE WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GRUNDMANMajor · September 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANCIS GRUNDMANMajor · Panel 11E, Line 19
- JAMES WILLIS HOLLIDAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 20
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 20
- CHARLES WONDREWS TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 21
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 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.