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JOHN FREDRICK PRISET
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1948 – November 20, 1968
Service recordJohn Fredrick Priset, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 20
- MICHAEL DEAN REIFFSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MELVIN DARRYL RUMSEYPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- BENNY JAMES SAPPPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- WILLIAM PROSPER SMITH JRPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 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.