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WILLIAM JACKIE PRYOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – February 5, 1969
Service recordWilliam Jackie Pryor, of Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 68
- OTHA LENSEY POOLECaptain · February 5, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD REINELCaptain · February 5, 1969
- JULIAN CABRAL RIVERAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- DEWEY DOLEN RUIS JRSergeant · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD HARLEY BURKHARTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 61
- JAMES LEONARD FRANCISCOPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 62
- FRED ALLEN NEUBAUERPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 66
- CHARLES ROBERT OSTEENStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 67
- JULIAN CABRAL RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 68
- DARYL GENE SCALFSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 69
- WILLIE SUMMERVILLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 69
From Paterson
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · November 8, 1965
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS MEADPetty Officer Third Class · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
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.