The Wall › Panel 46W › Georgia › Fred Omar Pratt
FRED OMAR PRATT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1941 – August 26, 1968
Service recordFred Omar Pratt, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 32
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 32
- LARRY DENNIS CALLAGHANSergeant · July 21, 1968
- RONALD GLEN NOBLECorporal · August 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REITERCorporal · August 26, 1968
- CRAIG ARTHUR RICHSergeant · August 26, 1968
- DALE RAY RICHTERStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LAMONTE HARMSSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 29
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.