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RICHARD MONROE PRUETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1945 – February 28, 2005
Service recordRichard Monroe Pruett, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 2005, in South Vietnam, at age 59. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Temp/Perm Disability Retired List (120 Days Or Less)
- Unit (as recorded)
- CO A 1 BN 46 INF
- Born
- July 22, 1945
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 2005
- Age
- 59
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Cancer
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 28, 2005. In February 2005, 1 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 38
- REX DOUGLAS HARLOWCorporal · June 30, 1969
- WAYNE STANLEY HORVATHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM HULMESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1969
- JAMES WALTER JONESCorporal · June 30, 1969
- JAMES ARNOLD KLYNECorporal · June 30, 1969
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.