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HARVEY WILLIAM PRATER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1943 – May 6, 1966
Service recordHarvey William Prater, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 35
- JOSEPH CYRIL MISSAR JRSecond Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- ELMER FRANKLIN POWELLPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN H REGOStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEON BOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 32
- CECIL DOUGLAS BRELANDPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 32
- MICHAEL F BRUNATSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 32
- DAVID CLYDE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 32
- REESE DEVEREAUXStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 33
- DARWIN HAROLD ENGMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7E, Line 33
- MACK LEMUL FRANCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 33
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 34
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 34
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 34
- GLENN ALEXANDER KENNEDYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 34
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7E, Line 34
- ELMER FRANKLIN POWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 35
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 35
- JOHN H REGOStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 35
- JOSEPH H REIDPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 36
- DOUGLAS JOHN WEISSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 36
- EARL S SHELTONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 37
- WILLIAM E SODERSTROMSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 37
- HERBERT LEE SUTHERLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 37
- STEPHEN EVANS THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 37
- JAMES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 37
- STEVE GRANT YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 38
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.