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LAVON NEIL PRATHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 8, 1948 – June 24, 1969
Service recordLavon Neil Prather, of Selma, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Selma, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 9
- RICHARD NORMAN MAMIESpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS MOOREStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1969
- JESUS ALBERT PEREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- RICHARD DANIEL ROBERTSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 6
- RICHARD DANIEL ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 9
- WOODROW N TRISSELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 10
- DEAN CHARLES WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 11
From Selma
- JOHN GARCIALance Corporal · February 4, 1966
- SANTOS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS SHELTONSergeant · January 6, 1967
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- ARTHUR OLOGUE SOTOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- GARY ALLEN COXLance Corporal · June 5, 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.