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DONALD RAY PRYOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1947 – December 18, 1966
Service recordDonald Ray Pryor, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 59
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MADSENSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- ALBERT JOSEPH MCAULIFFEFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1966
- JOEL WILLIAM MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1966
- JAMES HOWARD MURPHYLieutenant · December 18, 1966
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 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.