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CALVIN RAY PRATER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 28, 1950 – February 25, 1969
Service recordCalvin Ray Prater, of Kerman, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Kerman, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 55
- THOMAS EDWARD PARKERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JAMES DOUGLAS PESCHELPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- VICTOR LYNN POORPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JAMES ELLISON SCOTTPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
From Kerman
- JAMES BILL ROGOFFSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOSEPH CAUDILLOCaptain · May 3, 1967
- STEVEN LEONARD PALMQUISTLance Corporal · October 2, 1968
- SILVESTRE MARTINEZ RIVERASergeant · May 14, 1970
- GARY WAYNE RAGSDALELance Corporal · June 14, 1970
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.