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GARY DONALD PRICE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1948 – September 21, 1969
Service recordGary Donald Price, of Hebron, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 122
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Hebron, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 122
- THOMAS ALLEN LEICHLEITERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- RAYMOND P MILLER IIPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- JOHN OTIS MOOREPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- MICHAEL JEROME PACHECOCorporal · September 21, 1969
From Hebron
- HARRY WALKER BRAUN JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES WISSELLCaptain · December 21, 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.