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GARY W PRATHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1947 – December 29, 1966
Service recordGary W Prather, of Festus, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Festus, Missouri (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 99
- ROBERT GORDON PETRIMOULXPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- JOSEPH ANDREW RAYNOStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS REILLYLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 95
- JAMES BRYAN ELDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 96
- RALPH LEE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 98
- ERNEST KELLY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 98
- CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 101
From Festus
- JOSEPH WALTER MORRISONSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN BACKYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS COLEMANSergeant · February 29, 1968
- FRANCIS EDWIN CORTOR JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PERRYMANSpecialist Five · November 19, 1970
- JAMES BRADDOCK HARRISSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
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.