Bunyan Durant Price Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit34th Armored Battalion, 25th Infantry Division
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromBelmont North Carolina
Date of DeathMay 2 1970
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Staff Sergeant Price was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. On May 2, 1970, he was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) flying just over the South Vietnamese border near the city of Memot, Cambodia when the aircraft received ground fire and was forced to land. Initially, listed as missing in action, the remains of Staff Sergeant Price have been recovered and identified in 2015. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.