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ROBERT WILLIAM PRYS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1945 – May 29, 1967
Service recordRobert William Prys, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1945
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 15
- RONALD W PENNCaptain · May 29, 1967
- WILLARD SHERWIN PRESCOTTCorporal · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT REYESCorporal · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL GEAN RUSHINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ORIN CEDERSTROMPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 9
- WILL LEE DENNIS FOWLERSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 12
- BILLY CESAR MCFALLSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 14
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. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.