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GALE STEWART PRITCHARD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 19, 1946 – September 14, 1969
Service recordGale Stewart Pritchard, of Littleton, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 85
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Littleton, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 85
- LESLIE MARTIN POCSPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- LEONARD LEE POTTSSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM PROSE JRSergeant · September 14, 1969
- DANIEL P RATLEDGE JRSergeant · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EUGENE CHAMPAGNESpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 81
- LARRY GLENN MARSHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 83
- GARY RICHARD MASONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 84
From Littleton
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1967
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK MARTINPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · February 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
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.