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FRANK LATIMER RICE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1945 – May 2, 1970
Service recordFrank Latimer Rice JR, of Sunbury, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 87
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Sunbury, North Carolina (Gates County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 87
- MILTON PEREZ-RIVERAPrivate · May 2, 1970
- JERRY NEWTON PHILLIPSCaptain · May 2, 1970
- BUNYAN DURANT PRICE JRStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
- DALE WAYNE RICHARDSONMajor · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEE PARKERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 86
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.