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REINO ARNE PANULA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1938 – December 30, 1964
Service recordReino Arne Panula, of Columbia City, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 30, 1938
- Home of record
- Columbia City, Indiana (Whitley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1964
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 79
- HAROLD GEORGE BENNETTStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1964
- ROY GORDON AZBILLWarrant Officer 1 · December 30, 1964
- FRANKLIN DELANO PORTERSergeant · December 30, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 80
From Columbia City
- JAMES RAY PARRETTPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- RODGER LEE EGOLFPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LYNN ARDEN HARRISSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- DALE EDWARD MILLSSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- EVERETT T CULPPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · July 8, 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.