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JAMES ERWIN PRICE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1948 – March 30, 1967
Service recordJames Erwin Price, of Russellville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 75
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Russellville, Kentucky (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 75
- GARY DEAN MILLERSergeant · March 30, 1967
- JAMES STANLEY OLDFIELD JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- RALPH BYRON PAPPASCaptain · March 30, 1967
- KENNETH PETTUSPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
From Russellville
- ALVIN MARION SHIFFLETT JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1966
- BOBBY RAY MEFFORDLance Corporal · August 6, 1967
- ALBERT RUSSELL SANFORDCorporal · March 30, 1968
- LAVAUGHN ELLIOTTSergeant · 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.