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ROBERT GLEN PRICE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – May 4, 1968
Service recordRobert Glen Price, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 39
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 39
- DONALD EDWARD NIPPERSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- DEMPSEY WOODROW PARROTTSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- CHARLES LEON PERRYPetty Officer Third Class · May 4, 1968
- JACK EDWARD REYNOLDSLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL HAROLD BONIFANTStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 30
- ROBERT WOODROW DAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 32
- WILLIAM WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 35
- GERALD DEAN KLEINSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 35
- RICHARD THOMAS MILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 37
- ANTHONY WILFRED TORRESPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 41
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- WILLARD FRANKLIN MORELOCKStaff Sergeant · September 24, 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.