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LAWRENCE BUFORD PRATER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 6, 1930 – October 27, 1967
Service recordLawrence Buford Prater, of Williamson, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1930
- Home of record
- Williamson, West Virginia (Mingo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 88
- JUAN JESUS VILLALOBOSSergeant · October 27, 1967
- JOHNNIE WALKERCorporal · October 27, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT WARREN JRSpecialist Four · October 27, 1967
- BRONSON LEE WESTFALLLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
From Williamson
- WILLIAM WAYNE LESTERSpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- RAYMOND HOWARD HIGHLEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- RELL CRIGGER JRCorporal · February 2, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE NULLPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- MARVIN BLAIR STUART JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
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.