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LARRY ALLEN RICE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 24, 1945 – November 4, 1966
Service recordLarry Allen Rice, of Montrose, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Montrose, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 24
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- LUIS ANTONIO PEREZ-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ALLAN ALBERT SCHWARZKOPFFireman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNY LOWELL BRUCEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 18
From Montrose
- TERRANCE H SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · October 4, 1967
- CRAWFORD HENRY TRAVERSergeant · March 29, 1971
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.