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DONALD WILLIAM PRATT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1944 – April 26, 1968
Service recordDonald William Pratt, of Riverside, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 23
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Riverside, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 23
- ALBERT ALLEN PETERSONHospitalman · April 26, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD RAUBOLTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- GEOFFREY D R SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
From Riverside
- JOHN WILLIAM BEZECNYSergeant · May 8, 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.