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DAVID MERRILL PRICE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – July 15, 1968
Service recordDavid Merrill Price, of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Oconomowoc, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 36
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE MARTINMajor · July 15, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- HENRY ALBERT MITCHELLLance Corporal · July 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MORGAN ARNOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 33
- ANTHONY NOAH CONTICorporal · Panel 52W, Line 34
- TERRY LEE DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52W, Line 34
- ROBERT BRECKENRIDGE RAYSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 34
- STEVEN GIACOPPO JRSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 35
- ROBERT DAVIS HICKOXCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 35
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 36
- CHRISTOPHER COWENSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 37
- LARRY MICHAEL WELSHPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 37
- ROBERT JAMES ZENICKSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 37
From Oconomowoc
- WALTER ALEX CHATOS JRSpecialist Five · April 16, 1967
- CURTIS LLEWELLYN TREMAINEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- TERRY JOE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT STEVEN LUTZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- LLOYD GEORGE HOWIELieutenant (junior grade) · May 15, 1970
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.