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WILLIAM KENNETH REGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1939 – July 7, 1968
Service recordWilliam Kenneth Regan, of Watertown, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 38
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 14, 1939
- Home of record
- Watertown, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 38
- RICHARD NORMA PINSONNAULTPetty Officer Third Class · July 7, 1968
- GREGORY KEITH REEVESPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- HARLEY RICHARD ROBERTSSergeant · July 7, 1968
- SHARBER MAYFIELD ROWESergeant · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HUGH COYLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 33
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 36
From Watertown
- JOHN ROBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- JOHN HERBERT MORENOSergeant · March 1, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SULLIVANPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- PAUL JAMES GORMANPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1968
- RICHARD STEPHEN MOXLEYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- FREDERICK E HARRINGTON JRCorporal · October 22, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1969
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.