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ROBERT BRUCE PRITCHARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1949 – May 24, 1970
Service recordRobert Bruce Pritchard, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 91
- JOHN KAUGARSFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1970
- ANTONIO LOUIS MORETTISpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- SAMMY RAY MORRISONSergeant · May 24, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ALLEN DAVISSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 89
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.