Person Sheet
NameReginald William FITCHETT 
Birth6 Dec 1942, Fresno Co., California413
Death19 Jun 1971, Binh Dinh, South Vietnam
Father(Private, Male) FITCHETT
MotherHope Raejoyce SHOFNER (1922-1995)
Notes for Reginald William FITCHETT
OBITUARY: Merced Sun-Star. Wednesday, June 30, 1971
Fitchett: In Viet Nam, June 19, 1971. Reginald W. Fitchett, husband of Mrs. Bernadette {Bernie} Fitchett; father of Reginald W. Fitchett Jr.; son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. Fitchett; brother of Rebecca, Shawn, Walter and Vance Fitchett; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Les Fitchett and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shofner.
Friends are invited to attend funeral services Friday, July 2nd, at 2:00 p.m. in the Mission Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn. Interment in the Calvary Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by Fort Ord.
Merced Sun-Star.
Monday, June 28, 1971
Front page.
R. W. Fitchett Loses Life in Vietnam
Services are pending at Ivers and Alcorn for Spec. 5 Reginald W. Fitchett, U.S. Army, who died June 19 while serving in Vietnam.
Fitchett, 28, attended local schools before enlisting in the Army where he served a tour of duty in Germany before reenlisting for six years.
He requested to be sent to Vietnam where he had been serving since 1966 with an engineer battalion.
He is survived by his wife, Bernadette Fitchett, a son, Reginald Jr., both of Sunnyvale; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. Fitchett; two sisters, Rebecca and Shawn Fitchett, all of Wee Waa, Australia and two brothers, Vance of Wee Waa, and Walter of Fresno; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fitchett of Merced and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shofner of Santa Cruz.
Mariposa Gazette, July 8, 1972
REGINALD W. FITCHETT
Services were held at the Mission Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn in Merced on Friday for Spec. 5 Reginald W. Fitchett, 28, who died in Vietnam on June 19. He had served a tour of duty in Germany before reenlisting, serving in Vietnam since 1966 as an engineer batallion.
He is survived by his wife Bernadette and son Reginald Jr. of Sunnyvale; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. Fitchett, sisters Shawn and Rebecca and brother Vance of Wee Waa. Australia; brother Walter of Fresno; grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fitchett of Merced and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shofner of Santa Cruz.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall:
REGINALD WILLIAM FITCHETT
SP5 - E5 - Army - Regular
USARV
28 year old Married, Caucasian, Male
Born on Dec 06, 1942
From MERCED, CALIFORNIA
His tour of duty began on Dec 22, 1970
Casualty was on Jun 19, 1971
in BINH DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury
GROUND CASUALTY
SUICIDE
Body was recovered
Religion
ROMAN CATHOLIC
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Fitchett: In Viet Nam, June 19, 1971. Reginald W. Fitchett, husband of Mrs. Bernadette {Bernie} Fitchett; father of Reginald W. Fitchett Jr.; son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. Fitchett; brother of Rebecca, Shawn, Walter and Vance Fitchett; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Les Fitchett and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shofner.
Friends are invited to attend funeral services Friday, July 2nd, at 2:00 p.m. in the Mission Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn. Interment in the Calvary Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by Fort Ord.
Merced Sun-Star.
Monday, June 28, 1971
Front page.
R. W. Fitchett Loses Life in Vietnam
Services are pending at Ivers and Alcorn for Spec. 5 Reginald W. Fitchett, U.S. Army, who died June 19 while serving in Vietnam.
Fitchett, 28, attended local schools before enlisting in the Army where he served a tour of duty in Germany before reenlisting for six years.
He requested to be sent to Vietnam where he had been serving since 1966 with an engineer battalion.
He is survived by his wife, Bernadette Fitchett, a son, Reginald Jr., both of Sunnyvale; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. Fitchett; two sisters, Rebecca and Shawn Fitchett, all of Wee Waa, Australia and two brothers, Vance of Wee Waa, and Walter of Fresno; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fitchett of Merced and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shofner of Santa Cruz.
Mariposa Gazette, July 8, 1972
REGINALD W. FITCHETT
Services were held at the Mission Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn in Merced on Friday for Spec. 5 Reginald W. Fitchett, 28, who died in Vietnam on June 19. He had served a tour of duty in Germany before reenlisting, serving in Vietnam since 1966 as an engineer batallion.
He is survived by his wife Bernadette and son Reginald Jr. of Sunnyvale; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. Fitchett, sisters Shawn and Rebecca and brother Vance of Wee Waa. Australia; brother Walter of Fresno; grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fitchett of Merced and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shofner of Santa Cruz.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall:
REGINALD WILLIAM FITCHETT
SP5 - E5 - Army - Regular
USARV
28 year old Married, Caucasian, Male
Born on Dec 06, 1942
From MERCED, CALIFORNIA
His tour of duty began on Dec 22, 1970
Casualty was on Jun 19, 1971
in BINH DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury
GROUND CASUALTY
SUICIDE
Body was recovered
Religion
ROMAN CATHOLIC
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