Name:
Joseph Thomas Prentler
Rank:
Specialist 4th Class
Serial Number:
Unit:
2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Date of Death:
2010-10-04
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
Plot:
Section 11
Row:
Grave:
Site 399
Decoration:
Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Afghanistan NATO Medal
Comments:
Joseph Thomas Prentler was born on February 11, 1990, in Fenwick, Michigan. He was a graduate of Carson City–Crystal High School in 2008. He served in G Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, as a Specialist and an Infantryman stationed at Vilseck, Germany, and was later deployed to Afghanistan.
Spc Prentler was killed in action on October 4, 2010, in Mama Kariz, Afghanistan, after sustaining wounds when insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an improvised explosive device during Operation Enduring Freedom. He is now buried in the Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, memorial.2dcavalryassociation.com, thefallen.militarytimes.com