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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Paul Stanley Prusko.

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PAUL STANLEY PRUSKO

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

January 14, 1942 – January 22, 1966

Service record

Paul Stanley Prusko, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 4E · Line 82

Position of Panel 4E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
Born
January 14, 1942
Home of record
Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 22, 1966
Age
24
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 4E, Line 82

From Chicago

All 955 names from Chicago →

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.