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ERNEST PAUL PRYOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 11, 1943 – October 21, 1966
Service recordErnest Paul Pryor, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 95
- DAVID JOHN EARLLLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1966
- DOUGLAS WILLIAM ODONNELLFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1966
- DAVID CLARK RILEYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JUAN A SANTIAGO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 94
- DANNY EVERETT HYDEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 94
- WILLIAM GEORGE MCCANNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 94
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.