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JOHN LIONEL PRATT
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1950 – March 3, 1969
Service recordJohn Lionel Pratt, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 29
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts (Berkshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 29
- WILLIAM THOMAS RECTOR JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- GEORGE RAY ROBINSONSergeant · March 3, 1969
- JOE G RODRIGUES JRSergeant · March 3, 1969
- DONALD LEE RUDDPetty Officer Second Class · March 3, 1969
From Pittsfield
- JAMES CALVIN HENNEBERRYAirman Second Class · June 30, 1965
- GEORGE JERRY SHUFELTPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- DAVID CHRISTOPHER BOREYLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- EDWARD CARL JARVISPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
- KEVIN GERRY ALDAMSpecialist Four · June 27, 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.