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MONTY DOUGLAS PRUSH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1948 – June 23, 1968
Service recordMonty Douglas Prush, of Bedford, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Bedford, Indiana (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 23
- JAMES RICHARDSONCorporal · June 23, 1968
- EDDIE RIGGINSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- ERNEST SANAZARO JRStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1968
- GEORGE DON SCHILLINGSergeant · June 23, 1968
From Bedford
- ROBERT LEE SCOFIELDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- DENNIS OPAL BOLTONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- DAVID AUGUST ACTONHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- DALLAS DEWEY CUMMINGSPetty Officer Second Class · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN SMITHLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN TODDStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- GEORGE SHERMAN GOODESpecialist Five · September 10, 1969
- MARK STEPHEN BUNDYSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
- JERRY DEAN MARTINSergeant · November 3, 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.