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JOHN HENRY PRIEST JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1948 – June 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Henry Priest JR, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 93
- ISRAEL RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- ALAN MICHAEL ROUCHONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- PAUL HENRY SCHAEFFERSergeant · June 19, 1969
- VICTOR THOMAS SHAFFERSpecialist Five · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT RAY BARGMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 84
- CARL JOSEPH BIEKERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 85
- THOMAS JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 85
- GARY WILLIAM CARLSONCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 85
- LARRY RAY CLARKSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 85
- DAVID DEITCHPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 87
- KEITH WAYNE LARIMERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 90
- DAVID ALLEN MADDENCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 91
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 91
- STEPHEN DENNIS VANDYKECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 94
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 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.