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MICHAEL GLEN PRICE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – April 22, 1968
Service recordMichael Glen Price, of Trout, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 32
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Trout, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 32
- THOMAS FRANCIS NORTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- EDWIN DAVID PALMGRENColonel · April 22, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM PARCELLance Corporal · April 22, 1968
- HENRY PASILLASSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
From Trout
- EDWARD COE BECKWITHSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
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.