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WILLIAM DAVID PRUETT
Senior Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 18, 1930 – January 28, 1970
Service recordWilliam David Pruett, of Bluefield, Virginia, served as a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 28, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 AIR RES
- Born
- July 18, 1930
- Home of record
- Bluefield, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14W, Line 76
- ROBERT JOSEPH PANEK SRLieutenant Colonel · November 5, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH MALLONCaptain · November 11, 1969
- FRANK DODGE MADRIDSpecialist Four · January 28, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH POLLACKCorporal · January 28, 1970
From Bluefield
- DANIEL CORTEZ REESEAirman First Class · March 9, 1967
- JACK PARIS DOVE SRCaptain · July 12, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD EPPERSONSergeant · June 9, 1971
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.