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WALTER RAYMOND PRATT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1947 – February 8, 1968
Service recordWalter Raymond Pratt, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 37
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 37
- JOHN RICHARD POSOPlatoon Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- SPENCER BYRD POWERS JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- JESUS P RAMIREZMaster Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- FRANK RAMOS JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AMOS HAYES BOUTWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 21
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 22
- FRANKLIN CLOVISPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 23
- RALPH ALBERT DAHMSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 24
- LANNY EARL HALESpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 29
- JOHN IRVINE HASELBAUERPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 29
- JAMES LEONARD LOPPSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 32
- DAVID LEE MCKINNEYSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 35
- JAMES EARL PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 36
- JOHN RICHARD POSOPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 37
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.