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ROBERT EDWIN PRYOR
Seaman · U.S. Navy
March 19, 1950 – February 13, 1972
Service recordRobert Edwin Pryor, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 13, 1972, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 107
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- March 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1972; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 107
- ROBERT HARRY IRWINLieutenant Colonel · June 11, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER HAROLD TURKPrivate First Class · February 13, 1972
- ALBERT EUGENE LEEPetty Officer First Class · February 16, 1972
- RICHARD NEIL CHRISTY IIFirst Lieutenant · February 17, 1972
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.