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REGINALD WILLIAM FITCHETT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 6, 1942 – June 19, 1971
Service recordReginald William Fitchett, of Merced, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 82
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Structure Specialist (51C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 82
- DWIGHT THOMAS BLACKWATERFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1971
- JOHN WALLACE HAYNESCaptain · June 19, 1971
- RANDY VICTOR HINESWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1971
- HOWARD HAMILTON NELSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RANDY VICTOR HINESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 82
- JEFFREY SCOTT WESOLOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 83
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
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.