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EDWIN PAUL PRENTICE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1943 – September 5, 1967
Service recordEdwin Paul Prentice, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 3
- MARTIN WILLIAM PRATHERLance Corporal · September 5, 1967
- PAUL DARWIN RAYMONDCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE RAY ROLANDSergeant · September 5, 1967
- THOMAS EDISON RUSSPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 113
- ELMER DON BYRDSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 113
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 114
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 1
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 2
- BRAVIE SOTOSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 4
- KENNETH J KRAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 5
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
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.