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ANTHONY ALOYSIUS PRICE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 30, 1949 – June 14, 1971
Service recordAnthony Aloysius Price, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 76
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1949
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1971. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 76
- WAYNE ARTHUR GARBERSergeant First Class · June 14, 1971
- MANUEL MIRANDASpecialist Five · June 14, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALSH JRCorporal · June 14, 1971
- DEE BERGERAPrivate First Class · June 15, 1971
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.