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MICHAEL WAYNE PRENGEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – December 3, 1969
Service recordMichael Wayne Prengel, of Bensenville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 22
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Bensenville, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 22
- JOHNNY RAY GILLINGSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
- ROGER LEE HUNDTSergeant · December 3, 1969
- STEPHEN DAVID LYNNSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- GORDON JOSEPH NORMANPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE MELVIN GATEWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 21
- ROGER LEE HUNDTSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 22
From Bensenville
- MICHAEL JOHN COLEMANLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN ROTHERYLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- PHILLIP JOHN ESSIGSergeant · August 15, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE HEAPSPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- ALAN FREDERICK MARSCHALLSergeant · March 21, 1969
- PATRICK ROBERT CURRANMajor · September 29, 1969
- JAN DOUGLAS GARRINGERCorporal · February 16, 1970
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.