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WILLIAM JOSEPH PRICE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1947 – July 6, 1967
Service recordWilliam Joseph Price, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 22
- RICHARD FRANKLIN HAWKSCorporal · July 5, 1967
- DONALD CLEAVER PIKESergeant · July 6, 1967
- JETTIE RIVERS JRFirst Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- FRANK IRA RIVIERESergeant · July 6, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ERIK BERNARD WICKENBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 24
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.