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DAVID ALVIN PRATT
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 26, 1951 – September 7, 1970
Service recordDavid Alvin Pratt, of Miami Lakes, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 45
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Miami Lakes, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 45
- WILLIAM EUGENE ROLLERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
- BRENT WILLIAM SVEENPrivate First Class · September 7, 1970
- MICHAEL ASEPSpecialist Four · September 8, 1970
- ROBERT MADISON BOLESSergeant First Class · September 8, 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.