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WILLIAM EUGENE PRICE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1946 – February 24, 1969
Service recordWilliam Eugene Price, of East Pines, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- East Pines, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 39
- RICHARD WAYNE FORDSpecialist Five · February 24, 1969
- JOSE R OVERMAN-RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- MARVIN LEROY POSPISILCorporal · February 24, 1969
- ALAN MICHAEL ROYSTONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE SHUCKSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 40
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.