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DONALD RAY PYRANT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 4, 1946 – August 24, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Pyrant, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 46W, Line 7
- BENNETT EDWARD EVANSSergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY PARKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- DAVID NILSSON RASMUSSENSergeant · August 24, 1968
- CHARLES HAROLD W READ JRColonel · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM NEWTON MCMURTREYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 6
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · March 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.