David Gray Prentice

David Gray Prentice

Company B 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/14/70

MOS: 11B20: Infantryman

David Prentice was killed in action during an engagement with hostile forces
at grid reference BR233764.

SP4 David G. Prentice's decorations

The following was written in Vietnam, shortly after David Prentice was killed,
by SSG Richard Buenzle, a friend and fellow soldier from B Company, who knew him:

David Prentice in Vietnam, on the left, facing camera wearing glasses, 1969.

Photo courtesy of Fred L. Golladay, Company B 1/22 Infantry 1969-1970

Dave Prentice in Vietnam

Photo courtesy of Fred L. Golladay,
Company B 1/22 Infantry 1969-1970

Fred writes:

Dave was in my squad and was a good friend.
He was KIA just four days after I left Vietnam (and the Army).
He was shot in the head by a sniper.

The following photos and the top photo are courtesy of Dave's brother Sam, via Fred Golladay:

Dave and his wife Kathy, a few days before his deployment to Vietnam

Left to right: Kathy, Dave, Janet (cousin Tom's girlfriend), Tom Hunt (Dave's cousin)
Just a few days before Dave left for Vietnam

Laurel Hill State Park, Pennsylvania. (L-R) Janet with Tom Hunt, Kathy & Dave (married one week & on their honeymoon),
Sue (Dave's brother's girlfriend).

Dave gives his wife Kathy a kiss only a few days before leaving for Vietnam

Burial:
Mount Hope Cemetery
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania, USA

Grave monument for David Gray Prentice

Photo by Richard Boyer from the Find A grave website

Grave monument for David Gray Prentice

Photo by Richard Boyer from the Find A grave website

A rubbing of David Prentice's name from the Wall

Johnny Gray (L) and Fred Golladay (R) at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC in 2008, grieving the loss of their brother.
Johnny was present when Dave was killed by a sniper. Photo by Fred's wife.

Dave Prentice's photos of his service with 1/22 Infantry in Vietnam are posted on this website.

Click on the following link to view them:

Dave Prentice

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