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JAMES HENRY PRICE
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
October 9, 1946 – July 15, 1967
Service recordJames Henry Price, of Winchester, Illinois, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 78
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Winchester, Illinois (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 78
- RONALD FELTON POOLEAirman First Class · July 15, 1967
- DAVID AARON RITZSCHKEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- RAYMOND RUIZLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- EDWARD STEVEN SACCOSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
From Winchester
- RICHARD EUGENE WOODSONCaptain · August 1, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES HOOTSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- DANIEL LEE HAVENSSpecialist Five · December 28, 1967
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.