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GARY GALE PRENTICE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 1, 1947 – March 5, 1971
Service recordGary Gale Prentice, of Bend, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 25
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
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Bend, Oregon (Deschutes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1971; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 25
- LARRY DAVID LODENCorporal · March 5, 1971
- RALPH ANGELO MOREIRA JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 5, 1971
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · March 5, 1971
- EDWARD LEE RAYBURNSpecialist Four · March 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD SAMUEL DENNISONSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 23
- EDWARD LEE RAYBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 25
- BARRY MERCER STRAWCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 26
- RALPH LELAND WARDCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 26
From Bend
- BENNIE LEE DEXTERTechnical Sergeant · May 9, 1966
- DON EDWARD DARNALLLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- WILLIAM HARMON KOHOLance Corporal · March 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMANCorporal · August 13, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD KLAWITTERLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE SPENCER JRCorporal · November 12, 1968
- MARVIN H BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- RICHARD JERRY HORNBACKStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
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.