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JOSEPH WILDER PRANGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 12, 1946 – October 14, 1967
Service recordJoseph Wilder Prange, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 4
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 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; ten 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 4
- RONALD LUDWIG RADILSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RUDDSergeant · October 14, 1967
- MORRIS JOSEPH SENSATLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 106
- ROBERT JAMES BURROUGHSSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 107
- DONALD CHARLES HANSEN JRSpecialist Five · Panel 28E, Line 1
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 2
- RICHARD MCGREGORPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 5
- LAWRENCE ADAM WOJCIKPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 6
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.