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GREGORY LLOYD RICE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – January 14, 1969
Service recordGregory Lloyd Rice, of Granada Hills, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Granada Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 2
- DAVID ALDEN LANDSeaman · January 14, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL OFARRELLFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1969
- JACK DEAN SHOCKCorporal · January 14, 1969
- PAUL AARON STONESergeant · January 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID VERNON ADAMSCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 86
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 86
- RICHARD ADIUTORISpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 86
- CLUSTER LEE BEARFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 87
- MARVIN L MCCULLOUGH JRCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 1
- LYLE THOMAS MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 1
- JOHN MICHAEL OFARRELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 2
- PAUL AARON STONESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 2
- JOHN EARL WARREN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 3
From Granada Hills
- MICHAEL STEVEN UHLIGWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- JOHN CORWIN YAGERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- ROGER L DUCEFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1968
- PATRICK CARL GOLLIHERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- MALCOLM D WHITING IIIPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN EASTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 16, 1969
- FREDERICK HARRY BARRETTCorporal · September 6, 1969
- LARRY DALE STROUSESpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- RICHARD RAYMOND MANEMANNCorporal · November 2, 1969
- CARL WAYNE CROWESergeant First Class · May 26, 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.