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WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1945 – October 12, 1972
Service recordWilliam Marshall Price, of Kewanee, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on October 12, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Qualified A-6e Bombardier/Navigator (I) (7583)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 553 MAG 15
- Born
- August 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Kewanee, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 12, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 82
- JAMES LEWIS CRAIG JRSpecialist Five · October 16, 1972
- JAMES DOWEL DUGGER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1972
- ALLEN UPTON GRAHAMCaptain · October 17, 1972
- JAMES ALAN HOCKRIDGECaptain · October 17, 1972
From Kewanee
- DONALD EUGENE JONESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JAMES LAYMAN VERHELSTLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WERDERMANLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- RODNEY ROBERT ROGERSHospitalman · January 9, 1970
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
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.