How to Use private first class in a Sentence
private first class
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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
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The Harrises still live in the townhouse where the young private first class grew up.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
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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
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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
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Brooks served overseas in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines, earning his way to private first class.
—NBC News, 5 Jan. 2022
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Chelsea Manning, then a private first class, was using Gaga as a decoy.
—Dan Zak, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2019
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He was discharged in August 1945 as a private first class, then worked as a forklift driver.
—New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022
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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
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At midnight, Bryant, a 19-year-old private first class in the Delaware National Guard, got his orders.
—Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2021
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Guillen was promoted from private first class to specialist on Wednesday due to her time in service.
—Fox News, 4 July 2020
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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
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The Army promoted Guillen from a private first class to a specialist this week despite her missing status.
—Fox News, 3 July 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Graham was a private first class assigned to the 1st Armored Division as a human resource specialist.
—Fox News, 5 Jan. 2021
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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
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Martin received non-judicial punishment and was reduced to private first class.
—Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
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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
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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
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