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MICHAEL PAUL RICE
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
February 14, 1946 – September 13, 1972
Service recordMichael Paul Rice, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 13, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 72
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Sunbury, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1972. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 72
- STEPHEN OWEN MUSSELMANLieutenant · September 10, 1972
- ROBERT LEE HARLEYSpecialist Four · September 11, 1972
- JOHN LEWIS SMITHSpecialist Four · September 11, 1972
- GEORGE ERNEST GILLILANDSergeant · September 14, 1972
From Sunbury
- STEPHEN FRANCIS SNYDERSecond Lieutenant · August 24, 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.