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THOMAS EUGENE PRITT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1950 – May 28, 1970
Service recordThomas Eugene Pritt, of Aberdeen, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 115
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 115
- DAVID LEE MAZESpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
- ARMANDO MONTERRUBIOSpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
- ANTON CAESAR MYLESPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
- JOHN HOLT PARHAM IIISergeant · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS JOSEPH KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 114
- GREGORY WILLIAM SHEELERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 116
From Aberdeen
- CHARLES NIVEN RUDDLance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- WILLIE ROSS VARNEYSergeant · May 15, 1968
- GERALD LEE CALLPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- JOHN DENNIS MORRISSEYCorporal · June 30, 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.