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VICTOR HEENAN PRITCHARD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1944 – March 29, 1969
Service recordVictor Heenan Pritchard, of Cleburne, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 85
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Cleburne, Texas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 85
- CHARLES ROBERT PRCHALSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- SAMUEL VIRGIL RAMSEY JRLance Corporal · March 29, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH REGANPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- GEORGE F REYNOLDS JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY JOE BARNHOLDTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 78
- RICHARD JOSEPH SCHWICHOWStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- LARRY KEITH HOCUTTPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 82
- FRANK LESLIE KECKPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 82
- JOHN LEROY PARTEESergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 84
- THOMAS ARTHUR WIESECorporal · Panel 28W, Line 88
From Cleburne
- BOBBY LEE WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- FRANK COLLINS PARRISHMaster Sergeant · January 16, 1968
- ROBERT EARL BALDWINSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- JIMMY RAY BROWNCorporal · May 9, 1968
- NATHANIEL COOKPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- CLARENCE MOODY STONER JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD POWELLMajor · April 21, 1970
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.