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FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1938 – June 30, 1966
Service recordFranz Gerhard Prediger, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1938
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 113
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- RONALD OREN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ERNEST EUSTACE PEREZCorporal · June 30, 1966
- DANNY LE MOYNE SMITHPrivate · June 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROY DEE BAILEYSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 110
- DAVID ELROY BAUNSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 110
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 111
- PETER EDWARD ODENWELLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 111
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 112
- DONALD RUSSELL LONGSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 112
- CHARLES HOMER MILLSStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 112
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 112
- JOHN D MORGANSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 112
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 113
- RONALD OREN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 113
- DANNY LE MOYNE SMITHPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 113
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 114
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 114
- HARRY JAMES YOSTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 114
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
- ALFRED LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · December 27, 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.