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ROBERT HUGH PRICE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
June 11, 1940 – January 1, 1966
Service recordRobert Hugh Price, of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 50
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Milton-Freewater, Oregon (Umatilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 50
- HARLOW KENNETH HALBOWERCaptain · January 2, 1966
- JOHNNY H LEAKEPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- GARY FRANKLIN LEWISSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- ELLIOTT LYNN MERKLEPrivate · January 2, 1966
From Milton-Freewater
- LARRY TOM CHANDLERSergeant · August 5, 1967
- WAYNE ARDELL FERGUSONMajor · June 16, 1968
- BRUCE LANDON CARTERPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GULLIXSONPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.