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DONALD RAY PRITCHARD
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1941 – September 10, 1967
Service recordDonald Ray Pritchard, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- December 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 50
- DONALD ROGER PETERSEN JRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- RAYMOND GEORGE POTTERCorporal · September 10, 1967
- ERIC RUDOLPH RADTKEHospitalman · September 10, 1967
- DAVID LEE REASONERLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.