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PRENTICE FAY BRENTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 10, 1926 – March 9, 1967
Service recordPrentice Fay Brenton, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 43
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 10, 1926
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 43
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH BOJARSKIPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- JOHN MITTCHEL BRONKEMAPetty Officer Second Class · March 9, 1967
- CHARLES PAUL BROWNPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.