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MARK JOSEPH PREIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1946 – October 21, 1969
Service recordMark Joseph Preis, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 102
- BUDDY EUGENE HENDERLIGHTSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- ROBERT KENNEDY JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
- TIMOTHY ELTON LARMONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- KEITH DALE MEHAFFEYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS EDWIN CORTOR JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 100
- ROBERT KENNEDY JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 102
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.