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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA042675
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: July 1970
General Note
Army Medical Corpsman Priest, 1/77 Armored battalion, 1/5 infantry [Mechanized], outside battalion aid station 1/77 Armored battalion. About March or April 1970, Priest was severely wounded in a fragging incident when an unknown assailant threw a grenade into the office of the company commander for D Company. The company commander was not in the office at the time. Priest was transferred to 18th Surgical Hospital, Quang Tri Combat Base, and then medevaced out of country. He was a conscientious objector. Name on jeep is 'Bac-Si,' Vietnamese meaning doctor.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA042675

Citation
Photograph, VA042675. July 1970, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA042675, Accessed 18 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA042675, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 25 Oct 2005 [Updated: 14 Feb 2020]