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JAMES RANDALL PRUETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – September 26, 1968
Service recordJames Randall Pruett, of Buchanan, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Buchanan, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 21
- LARRY EDWARD WRIGHTAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- CLARK EDMUND PEDENPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- OSCAR KILPATRIC PORTER JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- STEVEN PAUL RANCEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT VINSON BOLLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 15
- FREDERICK EARL BORCZYNSKISergeant · Panel 42W, Line 15
- JOHN LEE BOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 15
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · Panel 42W, Line 16
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 17
- DANNY CARLTON HAYESSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 18
- LEE ROY MCELHANEYSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 20
- STEVEN PAUL RANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 21
- CARLTON ROSSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 22
- RICHARD BARRY TROTTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 25
From Buchanan
- JOHN THOMAS WETZELPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE FLETCHERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAY BARKLOW MARTINE JRSecond Lieutenant · July 18, 1967
- GERALD PRZYBYLINSKILance Corporal · February 25, 1969
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.