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HERBERT CHARLES RICE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 17, 1935 – March 29, 1967
Service recordHerbert Charles Rice, of Hamburg, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 17, 1935
- Home of record
- Hamburg, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 69
- ROBERT EDWIN RUONAVAARAAirman First Class · March 29, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD AMESPetty Officer Second Class · March 30, 1967
- ALBERT GABRIEL ANTERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
From Hamburg
- JOEL ANDREW BROWNPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- ALLEN KENNETH DEARDENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN SWIECZKOWSKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- RONALD LAWRENCE SHATTUCKSergeant · December 30, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES KEELERSergeant · December 1, 1969
- DENNIS PATRICK CALLAGHANCorporal · May 6, 1970
- RICHARD D MASSARICaptain · June 12, 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.