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REGINALD WUNG YETT CHUN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1945 – January 4, 1968
Service recordReginald Wung Yett Chun, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 34
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)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 34
- FRED EUGENE ANDREWSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- COY G STAYTONStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.