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THOMAS GORDON PRICE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1947 – February 23, 1969
Service recordThomas Gordon Price, of Torrance, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 16
- DANIEL LOYD POFFSergeant · February 23, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER DAVID PRATHERLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS RAY PRESTONSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- WILLARD FLOYD PROCHASKALance Corporal · February 23, 1969
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.