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JULIUS DONALD PRITCHETT
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1935 – May 28, 1968
Service recordJulius Donald Pritchett, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 15
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 1, 1935
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 64W, Line 15
- WILLIAM RUSSOLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- DONALD PHILIP SCHUCKPrivate · May 28, 1968
- JOHN CURTIS SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN SMITHLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
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.