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HENRY LEE PRATHER III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1947 – January 10, 1968
Service recordHenry Lee Prather III, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 24
- HARRY PRESTON MCFALLSFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- DAVID EARL MCGLOCHLINPetty Officer Third Class · January 10, 1968
- JEFFREY PEREZSergeant · January 10, 1968
- ROBERT PFEISTERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.