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WILLIE CAPAHAS PRICE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1941 – October 8, 1968
Service recordWillie Capahas Price, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 17, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 31
- DANIEL JAMES COONONCaptain · October 8, 1968
- R T PERRYCorporal · October 8, 1968
- CHARLES HENRY RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1968
- LUCAS HERRERA RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.