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JOHNNY PAUL PRICE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1944 – February 9, 1966
Service recordJohnny Paul Price, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 21
- ROBERTO PEREZCorporal · February 9, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID SETTLEMIREFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1966
- DON R SHACKELFORDFirst Sergeant · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT SOARES ANDRADEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DAVID BOWMAN IIISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 20
- WILLIAM COOLEYSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 20
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 20
- WILLIAM DAVID SETTLEMIREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 21
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT BRUCE KNUTSONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.