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JERRY LEE PRENTNER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1931 – April 17, 1970
Service recordJerry Lee Prentner, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 18
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 26, 1931
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 18
- NORMAN DOUGLAS PEERYCorporal · April 17, 1970
- LOEL FRANKLIN REXROADMajor · April 17, 1970
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1970
- HARVEY DAVID ROGERS JRSpecialist Four · April 17, 1970
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.