PRATHER PHILLIP D

CW4 Phillip D Prather was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 11/20/1997 at the age of 51.0 from Heart attack
Wichita, KS
Flight Class 70-37
Date of Birth 11/17/1946
Served in the U.S. Army
This information was provided by Dick Ziegler

More detail on this person: Captured near the DMZ during Lam Song 719 and was a roommate of Dick Ziegler's in Hanoi. He was the first commander of the 1st of the 9th Cavalry Airmobile in Viet Nam. He will be sorely missed.

Initial plans are for cremation with the ashes to be scattered into the Atlantic Ocean per his request.

See the VHFCN Homepage on the 227th about this first commander of the 227th AHB.

This information was last updated 05/18/2016

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024