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DONALD IRVEN PRINGLE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1936 – December 27, 1969
Service recordDonald Irven Pringle, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 100
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1936
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 100
- THOMAS ANTHONY SCIBELLIStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1969
- ROBERT DONALD SHERADINPrivate First Class · December 27, 1969
- REGERNAILD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
- LOUIS ZABROWSKICorporal · December 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENN ALFRED CAILSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 97
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · Panel 15W, Line 98
- JACK EUGENE HOLMESSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 98
- ROBERT DONALD SHERADINPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 100
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.