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ROBERT JOHN REGENHARDT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1948 – March 17, 1969
Service recordRobert John Regenhardt JR, of Northville, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Northville, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 63
- JAY HARRISON MANCHESTERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JOSEPH A PETRARCAPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- DEWEY JUNIOR RAYSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEON ROBINSONMaster Sergeant · March 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEWIS CHAPPELLPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 59
- LARRY DEE GREENHALGHPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 61
- LYLE CLEVELAND HANSBROUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 61
- JAY HARRISON MANCHESTERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 63
- DON SMITHSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 64
From Northville
- RICHARD EDWARD CRONKPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- GERALD ALLAN HOLMANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 14, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN STRANGEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR GREGORYSergeant First Class · September 19, 1968
- RICHARD KEITH SOMERSMajor · February 25, 1971
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.