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JAMES BURNEL RICE JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1946 – February 23, 1969
Service recordJames Burnel Rice JR, of Eureka, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- July 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Eureka, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 15
- GERARD FRANCIS PAULSENSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN PENKELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN ALFRED PETERSONLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- LAWRENCE POETLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
From Eureka
- WAYNE PETER EARL BREEDINGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- CHARLES WENDLE GRIZZLESecond Lieutenant · November 10, 1967
- LESLIE E LIVINGSTON IIIPrivate First Class · February 20, 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.