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DWIGHT ANTHONY PRICE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1945 – June 11, 1968
Service recordDwight Anthony Price, of New London, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 11, 1945
- Home of record
- New London, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 28
- ROBERT JOSEPH IRWINLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- RAYMOND CASTILLO MORAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- WILLIE OVERSTREET JRSpecialist Five · June 11, 1968
- JAMES ALVIN PHIPPSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
From New London
- DREW FIEDLERSergeant · October 12, 1968
- CLAUDIE FOWLERPrivate First Class · July 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.