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JOHNIE EDWARD RICE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1943 – July 7, 1965
Service recordJohnie Edward Rice JR, of Freeburn, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 30
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Freeburn, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 30
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- THOMAS ANDREW SANDERSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1965
- JOHN DILLINGER SHAWPrivate · July 7, 1965
- RONALD LLOYD ZINNCaptain · July 7, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 28
- DAVID LAFATE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 29
- ALLEN ISAAC JOHNSONPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 29
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 29
- RAYMOND PATRICK MEEHANPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 29
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 29
- JOHN DILLINGER SHAWPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 30
- RONALD LLOYD ZINNCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 30
From Freeburn
- IRA JACKIE STURGEONSpecialist Four · May 13, 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.