PRATHER, PHILLIP DEAN

Name: Phillip Dean Prather
Rank/Branch: W1/United States Army, pilot
Unit: HHC 11th INF BDE
Date of Birth:
Home City of Record: Armarillo TX
Date of Loss: 08 March 1971
Country of Loss: South Vietnam/North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 165720 North  1070300 East
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: OH6A

Other Personnel in Incident: Richard Anshus, observer, returnee.

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. 2023

REMARKS: 730327 RELEASED BY PRG

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Phillip Prather retired from the United States Army as a CW4. He passed
away from a massive heart attack on November 20, 1997.

He was captured during Long Sam 719 near the DMZ and then taken north to
Hanoi. He was the pilot of the OH6 when it was shot down.