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WILLIAM EARL PREWITT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 28, 1947 – June 17, 1969
Service recordWilliam Earl Prewitt, of Nicholasville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 68
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Nicholasville, Kentucky (Jessamine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 68
- ROBERT GEORGE NICHOLASPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS NOTHSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- DAVID PEREZCorporal · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES REVELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILFREDO AYALA-REYESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 62
- JOHN ALFRED FELSHERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 64
- JOHN BRENT THURNHAMSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 70
From Nicholasville
- RONALD LEE PEMBLETONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MELVIN NEAL RUTHERFORDSergeant · June 20, 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.