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FRANCIS DAVID RICE
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
November 18, 1942 – October 28, 1966
Service recordFrancis David Rice, of Syracuse, New York, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 28, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 124
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 124
- GERARD ROBERT MCCONNELLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- LOUIS JESUS RENTERIAPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- TERRY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · October 28, 1966
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.