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FINLEY AUSTIN RICE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 14, 1951 – December 22, 1970
Service recordFinley Austin Rice, of Athens, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Athens, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 1
- DAVID NAYLOR STEGERLance Corporal · December 22, 1970
- DENNIS NICK VATISTASPrivate First Class · December 22, 1970
- GARY PRESTON BOOTHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
- WILLIAM NELSON BULTHUISSergeant · December 23, 1970
From Athens
- PHILLIP R LOONEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- DENNIS KEITH ERDOSSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- JOSEPH A BODNARFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- LOWELL ROGER GROVESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE SPAULDINGLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- VIRGIL LEE CASTLECorporal · August 9, 1969
- FRANK HAROLD MILLER JRCorporal · September 19, 1970
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.