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THOMAS PRETTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1947 – June 8, 1967
Service recordThomas Pretter, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 76
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 76
- ROBERT MELVIN NAILCorporal · June 8, 1967
- DANIEL MARTIN ODONNELLPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- HOWARD JACOB RICECorporal · June 8, 1967
- WALTER ADOLPH WAGNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 74
- WILLIAM GLADE HENDERSONSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 74
- JESUS EFRAIN LEON-DESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 75
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.