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JOHN EDWARD RICE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1948 – July 28, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Rice, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 26
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 26
- CARL ROBERT MILLERLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- DANNY OVERTON JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- ANTHONY CARLOS PINOCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RAPHAEL JOHNNY RENDONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · March 30, 1969
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.