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WILLIAM ROLAND PREWITT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1946 – August 1, 1967
Service recordWilliam Roland Prewitt, of Florien, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SUB HQ BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Florien, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 62
- CALVIN A MCGINTY JRSergeant · August 1, 1967
- BRUCE EDWARD MIELKELance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- JOE NED MONTOYACorporal · August 1, 1967
- ELZIA RAY PITCOCKPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
From Florien
- WAYNE HOWARD KNOWLTONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
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.