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S/Sgt Robert J. Price attended high school for two years and was an attendant before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 11 January 1943.
He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.
He is remembered at the Rife Cemetery in Addison Township, Gallia County, Ohio.
He was awarded the Silver Star posthumously. The citation cited: For gallantry in action while serving with the 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action in the vicinity of Foret de Château-Salins, France, on 8 November 1944. When his platoon sergeant became a casualty early in the attack on ****, Sgt Price took charge of the platoon and gallantly led it through intense mortar, machine gun and small arms fire to the captured of an enemy strongpoint in a railroad station, enabling his own and another platoon to advance. Displaying dauntless courage and spirited leadership, he was at the head of his men as they routed the enemy from one building after another and took many prisoners, until he was killed by rifle fire during the assault on the last building in his sector. Sgt Price's inspiring leadership and unswerving devotion to duty contributed immeasurably to the capture of the town by his battalion and reflect high credit upon his character as a soldier.