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CARL WAYNE PRITCHETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1950 – March 28, 1971
Service recordCarl Wayne Pritchett, of Forest Park, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Forest Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 89
- TERRY HUNTER PRICEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1971
- WARREN PETER RITSEMAStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1971
- DALLAS DEAN ROBINSONCorporal · March 28, 1971
- PAUL ARTHUR SHEERCorporal · March 28, 1971
From Forest Park
- STEPHEN MANTON CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- ROBERT MILTON JOHNSONCorporal · July 24, 1966
- WAYNE HOUSTON MCKINLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1968
- RAY WESLEY HESTERLEELance Corporal · December 20, 1968
- DANIEL LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · March 1, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALLACE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1970
- DANIEL LEE CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · November 20, 1971
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.