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WILLIAM HENRY PRUITT JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1946 – December 6, 1967
Service recordWilliam Henry Pruitt JR, of Pedro, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Pedro, Ohio (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 52
- JAMES DONN PLECITYCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON PRETTYCorporal · December 6, 1967
- DANIEL KIMOKEO PUHICorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT LEWIS PULTZPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH BAWALCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 43
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 43
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 43
- GARY RICHARD CLARKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 44
- JOHN CHARLES FILIPPIPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 44
- SOLOMON WILLIAM DEHARTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 45
- ALFRED DUGGERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 45
- GUY MARVIN FINLEYMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 46
- GARY GORDON HAHNSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 46
- THOMAS O HARPER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 47
- DURWARD ALLAN LIMBACHERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 49
- DAVID MICHAEL MIDCAPPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 49
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 50
- KEVIN MICHAEL MCGOVERNSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 51
- DOUGLAS LYLE MCLOUDCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 51
- ROBERT ALTON PRETTYCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 52
- DANIEL KIMOKEO PUHICorporal · Panel 31E, Line 52
- ROBERT LEWIS PULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 52
- JOSEPH LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 53
- JOHN WOODWARD SOGNIER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 54
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 54
- TEDDY GENE WHITTONSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 55
- EUGENE ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 56
From Pedro
- RONALD DARRELL MILLERPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
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.