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WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARD
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
October 6, 1924 – May 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Pritchard, of Lancaster, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 15
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- October 6, 1924
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 15
- ROBERT LEE PERRYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- KENNETH RAYMOND QUANPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- RONALD LEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- ROGER LEE ROWLANDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL BURRISS CLARKSpecialist Four · November 23, 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.