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ALLEN JOHN PRETNAR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 4, 1943 – August 8, 1968
Service recordAllen John Pretnar, of Euclid, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Euclid, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 33
- RICHARD ARTHUR OVAITTWarrant Officer 1 · August 8, 1968
- PAUL ROSS SAVACOOL JRPrivate · August 8, 1968
- LESLIE JON TEGTMEIERSergeant · August 8, 1968
- MYRON THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DEAN BUSBYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 28
- EDDIE DISMAYA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 29
- HERBERT E ILGENFRITZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 30
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · Panel 49W, Line 31
- ZACHARY PHILLIP NEWPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 32
- PAUL ROSS SAVACOOL JRPrivate · Panel 49W, Line 33
- LESLIE JON TEGTMEIERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 33
- ALAN DALE TRUCANOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 34
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 34
From Euclid
- RAYMOND MICHAEL CHASSERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- LLOYD ANDREW SELLERS IIISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES LAWRENCE BLASKISSeaman · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE STAPLETONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES DIMAGARDFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD LOTHMANSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- DAVID ALAN GAUCHLance Corporal · January 14, 1969
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · April 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.