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WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
December 22, 1934 – April 12, 1969
Service recordWalter Leo Pritchard JR, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1934
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 66
- CHARLES LEWIS LIPTAKPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- DONALD GEORGE RESPECKISergeant · April 12, 1969
- THOMAS HARRY ROBERTSONSergeant · April 12, 1969
- MICHAEL LAVERN SMITHSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM DEANLance Corporal · April 14, 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.