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JOHN WILLIAM PRICE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 28, 1947 – March 15, 1969
Service recordJohn William Price, of Westfield, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 48
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Westfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 48
- DAVID JAMES PUGHLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- WILLIAM REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD ROBERTS JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- BENJAMIN ALONZA SMALLSCorporal · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SIMEON JOSEPH A BERGERONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 42
- JEFFREY LYLE WHYNAUGHTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 46
- EDGAR GREGORY MCADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 47
From Westfield
- WILLIAM RICHARD HARDINCaptain · January 29, 1966
- ARTHUR CLIFTON RETZLAFFFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
- RONALD JOHN SELIGLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD GARY LEWISWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT THEODORE MILLERSergeant · January 19, 1969
- RICHARD CONRAD BRUNNFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
- DANIEL CLEMENT NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH BACHMANFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 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.