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CHARLES MITCHELL PRICE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – January 7, 1971
Service recordCharles Mitchell Price, of Monroe, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 31
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, North Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 31
- GERALD WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- ROBERT BRUCE MICHALKSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- RUSSEL COURTNEY NELSONCorporal · January 7, 1971
- ROBERT LEE PAYNTERPetty Officer Second Class · January 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LARRY CRAIGSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 30
- GORDON ALIDEAN FISHPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 30
From Monroe
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- CHARLES EVERETT SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1966
- DAVID MACKRAL JORDANLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE LANEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- RONALD LYNN HARKEYSergeant · February 22, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID ROGERSCaptain · March 11, 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.