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PRYOR L WHEAT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1944 – September 6, 1967
Service recordPryor L Wheat, of Helena, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Helena, Arkansas (Phillips County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 20
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- RALPH PAUL VILLEGASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE LEE BARLOWStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 5
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 9
- JAMES VERNON HEMBREESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 10
- LOREN LEE MORFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 14
- WALTER MACK PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 15
- WINSTON TERRY ROBINSONCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 16
- J D SINGLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 17
From Helena
- PERRY LEE POOLELance Corporal · October 16, 1966
- CLARENCE ROBINSONCorporal · January 3, 1968
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.