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THOMAS JOHN PRICE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1949 – September 29, 1969
Service recordThomas John Price, of Stephen, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 19
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Stephen, Minnesota (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 19
- MICHAEL ALLEN PIACENTINOStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1969
- LUTHER ALBERT LONOLieutenant Colonel · September 29, 1969
- LAURENCE THOMAS MCDOWELLCorporal · September 29, 1969
- JOE RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · September 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DUANE CARL SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 14
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.