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CLARENCE R PRITCHARD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1950 – November 15, 1970
Service recordClarence R Pritchard JR, of Lompoc, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Lompoc, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 61
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · November 14, 1970
- RAE KELLAND RIPPETOELance Corporal · November 14, 1970
- STANLEY HERBERT TRYGG JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1970
- BENIGNO ZAMUDIO JRSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
From Lompoc
- BILLIE LESTER BEARDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1962
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- FRED WALTER PACKSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WALTER JOHN PANAMAROFFFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWICKFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- MITCHELL ALLEN WENTZPetty Officer Second Class · June 7, 1968
- JIM ROY GONZALESSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BIBERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 11, 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.