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JAY ANTHONY PRICE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1945 – April 16, 1968
Service recordJay Anthony Price, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 16
- RICHARD WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- JOSEPH MELVIN JONESMaster Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- DANNY RAY KILGOREPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ALFRED LEROY LEBLANCCorporal · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ESMOND EMERSON SNELL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 22
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.