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DONALD JAMES PRIEST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1942 – July 18, 1966
Service recordDonald James Priest, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 34
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 34
- CARL ROBERT MARRSPrivate · July 18, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD PORTERFIELDHospitalman · July 18, 1966
- MICHAEL REX SMITHPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK PETER DWYERSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 32
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.