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GUY LEON PRATT JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 23, 1941 – May 9, 1969
Service recordGuy Leon Pratt JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · 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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 32
- FREDERICK JOHN MAGSAMENSergeant · May 9, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PICKARDSpecialist Five · May 9, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 32
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.