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JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1947 – June 3, 1967
Service recordJames Whiteford Price JR, of Monroe, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 51
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, North Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 21E, Line 51
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- KARL BALTHASAR RISCHE JRCorporal · June 3, 1967
- LUTHER ROBINSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 44
- HARRY EUGENE GEARYCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 45
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 45
- KENNETH ALRIC GORESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 46
- TAYLOR HENRY MCLEMORECorporal · Panel 21E, Line 49
- LARRY VENCIL SAYERSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 52
- GEORGE DAVID WALLACESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 54
From Monroe
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- CHARLES EVERETT SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1966
- DAVID MACKRAL JORDANLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE LANEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- RONALD LYNN HARKEYSergeant · February 22, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID ROGERSCaptain · March 11, 1969
- RUPERT A FUNDERBURK JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 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.