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RICHARD CHESTER PRATT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1946 – April 25, 1967
Service recordRichard Chester Pratt, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 87
- DONALD HENRY MONAT JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 25, 1967
- CHARLES SARGENT MOORECaptain · April 25, 1967
- CHARLES MARION NEAL JRLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE DOOSEPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 84
- WILLIAM ROYCE LATIMERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 86
- JAMES V LAWLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 86
- JOSEPH M LINGLE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 86
- THOMAS BOYD SHARPFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 88
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.