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REINIS FOX
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – October 7, 1968
Service recordReinis Fox, of Merritt Island, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 23
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 54 MED DET USARV
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Merritt Island, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “54 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 23
- MICHAEL ROBERT DUNKELPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- RAMON AGUILAR FLORESPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- CHARLES DANIEL GARVENSpecialist Five · October 7, 1968
From Merritt Island
- WILLIAM HOWARD HUNTSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
- SETH HAYDEN MATTHEWS IIISpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- JAMES HOMER BRADYCorporal · June 1, 1970
- MARK WENDELL MINEARWarrant Officer 1 · August 29, 1970
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.