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WILLIAM HENRY PRITCHARD
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 15, 1936 – July 8, 1967
Service recordWilliam Henry Pritchard, of La Grange Park, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 15, 1936
- Home of record
- La Grange Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 37
- HARVEY JUNIOR KINSEYCorporal · July 8, 1967
- DONALD HARRY KITOLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- GARY DEAN LITTLESpecialist Five · July 8, 1967
- THOMAS VINCENT MALLOYCorporal · July 8, 1967
From La Grange Park
- THOMAS PAUL CADIEUXSergeant · May 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.