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HOWARD JACOB RICE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 15, 1946 – June 8, 1967
Service recordHoward Jacob Rice, of Hobbs, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 76
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Hobbs, New Mexico (Lea County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 76
- ROBERT MELVIN NAILCorporal · June 8, 1967
- DANIEL MARTIN ODONNELLPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- THOMAS PRETTERSpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- WALTER ADOLPH WAGNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 73
- DANIEL MARTIN ODONNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 76
From Hobbs
- RONNIE LEE NOSEFFCorporal · September 25, 1966
- JIMMIE LEON PLATOHospitalman · November 15, 1966
- STANLEY W MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- CHARLES LEE GASSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- JERRY MARCO ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- LEONARD ERWIN CRUCEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- CHARLES DANIEL FOLEYCaptain · May 23, 1970
- JAIME PACHECOSpecialist Four · May 25, 1972
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.