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JAMES R RICE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1944 – August 13, 1966
Service recordJames R Rice, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 1
- GERALD LESLIE PERRYSergeant · August 13, 1966
- JOHN CABLE PETTY IISergeant · August 13, 1966
- HARRY V PHILLIPS JRMajor · August 13, 1966
- ROSARIO ROSA-SEINSpecialist Four · August 13, 1966
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.