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MICHAEL RAY RICE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – December 26, 1967
Service recordMichael Ray Rice, of Fernandina Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 65
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Fernandina Beach, Florida (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 65
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- JAMES LEE RUSS JRCorporal · December 26, 1967
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- STEPHEN MICHAEL VUGASergeant · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMMY BUFFINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 61
From Fernandina Beach
- EMANUEL FRANK DRUMMOND JRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS FULFORDSergeant · May 19, 1967
- JAMES BERNARD MILLERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- WILLIAM THORNTON POCHERCorporal · July 29, 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.