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DONOVAN JESS PRUETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1937 – April 3, 1966
Service recordDonovan Jess Pruett, of Deer Park, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1937
- Home of record
- Deer Park, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 82
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- HAMP JUROME SYKES JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JOHN C WRONSKIPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- CLEVELAND FOSTERStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1966
From Deer Park
- GALILEO FRED BOSSIOColonel · July 29, 1966
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.