William David Pruett

Vietnam War
Unit3rd Air Rescue and Recovery Group
RankSenior Master Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromBluefield Virginia
Date of DeathJanuary 28 1970
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Senior Master Sergeant Pruett was a member of 3rd Air Rescue and Recovery Group. On January 28, 1970, he was a crew member of a Sikorsky Sea Stallion Search and Rescue Helicopter (HH-53B) trying to rescue two downed airmen about 20 miles northeast of Mu Gia Pass, Laos. The helicopter was hit by a MiG and exploded. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.