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ROBERT WAYNE PRINE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1946 – February 12, 1968
Service recordRobert Wayne Prine, of Daytona Beach, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Daytona Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 11
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS DEWITT POOLECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RONALD D ROACHSergeant · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MORRIS ALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 1
- GARY RAY CATESCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 3
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · Panel 39E, Line 4
- LESLIE JAMES FROLICHPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 4
- RONALD ALBERT GREENWALDSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 5
- LARRY L HACKLEMANCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 5
- ARNOLD EDWARD MELISHSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 9
- JOSEPH LYNN OSTIFINCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 10
- THOMAS DEWITT POOLECorporal · Panel 39E, Line 11
- RONALD D ROACHSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 11
- WILLIAM A SIMSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 14
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 14
- RANDALL ALAN WOOLCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 15
From Daytona Beach
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- LEEROY ELDRED PEEKSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- RONALD ELMER JOHNSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1968
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- TOMMY LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 22, 1969
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · June 19, 1969
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.