How to Use private first class in a Sentence

private first class

noun

• The 16 Marines ranged in rank from private first class to corporal, or E-2 to E-4.
  — Andrew Dyer, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2019
• The Harrises still live in the townhouse where the young private first class grew up.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
• He was discharged from the Army in August 1945 as a private first class.
  — Leah Willingham and Rebecca Santana, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2022
• Billings said the platoon searched for the then-private first class for 19 days, going without food or water.
  — Dakin Andone and Holly Yan, CNN, 3 Nov. 2017
• Brooks served overseas in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines, earning his way to private first class.
  — NBC News, 5 Jan. 2022
• Chelsea Manning, then a private first class, was using Gaga as a decoy.
  — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2019
• He was discharged in August 1945 as a private first class, then worked as a forklift driver.
  — New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022
• Guillen, a private first class, was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and purple fitness-type pants, according to the Army CID.
  — Alicia Lee, CNN, 17 June 2020
• At midnight, Bryant, a 19-year-old private first class in the Delaware National Guard, got his orders.
  — Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2021
• Guillen was promoted from private first class to specialist on Wednesday due to her time in service.
  — Fox News, 4 July 2020
• In several burials Tuesday, only the family for Flournoy, who served as an Army private first class and died April 20 at 63, was there to bid farewell.
  — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 28 Apr. 2020
• The Army promoted Guillen from a private first class to a specialist this week despite her missing status.
  — Fox News, 3 July 2020
• The 16 Marines arrested at formation Thursday ranged in rank from private first class to corporal, or E-2 to E-4.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2019
• Bath, a 19-year-old private first class, was among seven Marines and one sailor missing and presumed dead in the sinking of an amphibious assault vehicle last week.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2020
• For Bryant, the 19-year-old private first class from Delaware whose deployment to the Capitol was his first visit to Washington, nothing has escaped notice.
  — Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2021
• Ali Al-kazahg’s sentence includes a bad conduct discharge, reduction in rank from private first class to private and three years of confinement, said Capt.
  — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2020
• Graham was a private first class assigned to the 1st Armored Division as a human resource specialist.
  — Fox News, 5 Jan. 2021
• There, as a 19-year-old private first class during the Battle of the Bulge, the infantryman was credited with almost single-handedly holding back a German attack on the town of Malmedy.
  — Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019
• Martin received non-judicial punishment and was reduced to private first class.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
• Jarrett William Smith, 24, a private first class, was arrested in September after he was accused of discussing killing members of the far-left group Antifa and attacking a major news outlet with a vehicle bomb.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2020
• Carvajal, who had recently completed his basic training, was a private first class awaiting assignment to a transportation unit, the Illinois National Guard said in a statement.
  — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 5 July 2021

Last Updated: 22 Jul 2024