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CALVIN CHARLES RICE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1946 – June 25, 1969
Service recordCalvin Charles Rice JR, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 14
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1946
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 14
- TERRY ALLEN LOFFERCorporal · June 25, 1969
- STEPHEN GREGORY MAUSENSpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
- HERBERT LEONARD MEGAR JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- MITCHELL EARL NORTONFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1969
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.