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DAVID SHELTON PRENTICE
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1923 – July 29, 1967
Service recordDavid Shelton Prentice, of Anchorage, Alaska, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 40
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Mobile Forces Satcom Radio Chief (2539)
- Born
- September 28, 1923
- Home of record
- Anchorage, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 40
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR POSTAirman · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL PRIVIECHPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR RHUDAPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- RICKY WAYNE RICHARDSONPrivate · July 29, 1967
From Anchorage
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS PIASKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1968
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 25, 1969
- HOWARD MARK KOSLOSKYAirman · October 2, 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.