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RICHARD EMMETT PRATT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1945 – December 8, 1967
Service recordRichard Emmett Pratt, of Okanogan, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Okanogan, Washington (Okanogan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 66
- DALE EDWARD MILLSSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- FRANK HARRIS MOOREFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1967
- BILLY JOE MORRISONSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
- JOHN MACK RAYSergeant · December 8, 1967
From Okanogan
- JAMES WESLEY BRYANTPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- JACKIE RANDALL COMBSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- JAMES TED FISHERCorporal · May 28, 1970
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.