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PREZEL MCCULLOUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1942 – November 17, 1965
Service recordPrezel McCullough, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
161 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 87
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- GLENN EUGENE MCCAMMONStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- HAROLD DANIEL MCCARNCaptain · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT MORENOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
Same unit, same day
- EMMETT L DRESSLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 71
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 72
- JAMES CHARLES JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 81
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.