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FRANK APPERSON PRICE III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1946 – October 15, 1967
Service recordFrank Apperson Price III, of Denville, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Denville, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 11
- CHARLES LYNN BANEYSergeant · October 15, 1967
- PHILLIP EUGENE REEDSpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SCHULZCorporal · October 15, 1967
- BURNELL SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KEITH WESLEY ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 7
- JAIME CAMBRELENPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 7
- RALPH PAUL COSTANZOSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 8
From Denville
- CHARLES ALBERT PHILHOWERFireman Apprentice · December 6, 1965
- JEFFREY JOSEPH BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · November 22, 1967
- SWANTE AUGUST SWENSONFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL WEBERStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
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.