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REGINALD PETER BEGNOCHE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – September 4, 1969
Service recordReginald Peter Begnoche, of St Albans, Vermont, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- St Albans, Vermont (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 31
- LAYNE HALE CONNEVEYFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
- CLIFFORD JOHN CONSTANTINOSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- KENNETH THOMAS CUMMINGSFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD KLINGENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 33
- MICHAEL ROBERT REITZCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 34
- RICHARD ALLEN STANLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 35
From St Albans
- PAUL STUART ASHLINEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PATRICK RALPH DONERPrivate First Class · August 4, 1967
- WILLIAM FRED LESTAGELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- GEORGE ANDREW LAMOTHESpecialist Four · May 15, 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.