VIETNAM - CHUN, REGINALD WUNG YETT

Chun, Reginald Wung Yett

VIETNAM - CHUN, REGINALD WUNG YETT
CHUN, REGINALD WUNG YETT

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

MOS: 11B – Infantryman

Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge

Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device

Enlisted by: Selected Service

Date of birth: 12-Aug-1945

Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii

Marital status: Never Married

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Entered service: 9-Jun-1967

Start of tour: 4-Nov-1967

Incident date: 4-Jan-1968

Date of casualty: 4-Jan-1968

Age at death: 22

Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Reginald Wung Yett Chun died as a result of wound received while passenger in military vehicle which was hit by anti-tank round on combat operation.

Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam

Place of interment: Manoa Chinese Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 33E 034 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)