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JAMES THOMAS PRUITT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1946 – April 30, 1966
Service recordJames Thomas Pruitt, of Richlands, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 14
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Richlands, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 14
- EDWARD R LETOURNEAU JRSergeant · April 30, 1966
- HAROLD B MARSHALLSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- EDWARD T RUSSELLCadet · April 30, 1966
From Richlands
- HERMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- WILLIE WARNIE ALLEYTechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1969
- ROY LEE HELBERTCorporal · February 11, 1971
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.