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LEROY PAUL PRAIRIE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1946 – June 2, 1966
Service recordLeroy Paul Prairie, of Momence, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Momence, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 134
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR BURNETTSergeant · June 2, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANK ROSATOCaptain · June 2, 1966
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.