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THOMAS CHARLES PRANGE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 21, 1949 – March 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Charles Prange, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 22
- DALMACIO P PASCUA JRStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- PAUL JOSEPH PEOPLESSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR RAMIREZCorporal · March 12, 1969
- DAVID GEOFFREY RANKINSpecialist Five · March 12, 1969
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
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.