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MICHAEL PHILLIP RICE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1948 – February 1, 1969
Service recordMichael Phillip Rice, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 33
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 33
- DONALD ALFRED LUNALieutenant Colonel · February 1, 1969
- NEIL HOWARD MACKILLOPSpecialist Four · February 1, 1969
- TOM RICHARD MUELLERSergeant · February 1, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD NICHOLSCaptain · February 1, 1969
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.