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JAMES W PRATHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1947 – October 16, 1967
Service recordJames W Prather, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 16
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
- January 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Gaithersburg, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 16
- JOSE LOPEZSergeant · October 16, 1967
- CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTINSpecialist Four · October 16, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MIDDLETONStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- DENZELL RAY MILLSPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALTER BURKECorporal · Panel 28E, Line 14
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 14
- CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 16
- DENZELL RAY MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 16
From Gaithersburg
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · February 23, 1966
- WILLIAM J CHRISTMAN IIISecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- CLAYTON EUGENE FRALEYPrivate · March 6, 1969
- ADOLPHUS NORWOOD TYLERFirst Sergeant · August 21, 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.