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JAMES IRVING PRATT
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
September 15, 1938 – February 25, 1965
Service recordJames Irving Pratt, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Asw Technician (AX)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MARMEDHELRON 165
- Born
- September 15, 1938
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 94
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR STARLEYSergeant First Class · February 22, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- KURT WILLIAM GAREISSCaptain · February 24, 1965
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · October 6, 1967
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.