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DONALD HAROLD PRATER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 6, 1950 – July 5, 1970
Service recordDonald Harold Prater, of El Cerrito, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 122
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 6, 1950
- Home of record
- El Cerrito, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 122
- ROBERT LOUIS KINGSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- GEORGE LISHCHYNSKYSergeant First Class · July 5, 1970
- MICHAEL RAY PEDDLECorporal · July 5, 1970
- FRANKLIN GRAHAM SCOGGINSCorporal · July 5, 1970
From El Cerrito
- DAVID ALAN HENRYLieutenant (junior grade) · September 19, 1966
- DAVID MIDDLEKAUFFSergeant · December 24, 1967
- CLYDE LAWRENCE DEMELLOCorporal · February 9, 1968
- BERNARD PAUL BREITENBACHSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE JAMESSergeant · November 30, 1968
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.