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ROBERT JAMES PRAZINKO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1934 – February 1, 1967
Service recordRobert James Prazinko, of Revloc, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 168 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 11, 1934
- Home of record
- Revloc, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHC 168 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 105
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- RAUL ORTACorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLARD ARLIN PHILSONSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 104
- WILLARD ARLIN PHILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 105
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.