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ARTHUR HOUSTON PRICE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1941 – December 26, 1970
Service recordArthur Houston Price, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 10
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 10
- PAUL RUBIO VILLALOBOSSpecialist Four · December 26, 1970
- LAWRENCE GENE BANGSSpecialist Five · December 27, 1970
- RAYMOND ROBERT COOREMANWarrant Officer 1 · December 27, 1970
- ELROY FREDERICK WELLSStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARY ELZIEVAN MCDANIELCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 9
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
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.