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MAXIE ROSS RICE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 7, 1947 – February 1, 1968
Service recordMaxie Ross Rice, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 59
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- June 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 59
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- KENNETH LEE ROGERSSergeant · February 1, 1968
- TOMMY GERALD SANDEFURChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 1, 1968
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- ROBERT NEIL MINETTOCorporal · May 9, 1968
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.