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ROBERT THOMAS RICE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1947 – August 8, 1970
Service recordRobert Thomas Rice JR, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 94
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (Mechanized) (1560)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 94
- JOHN WILLIAM KISIELEWSKISergeant · August 8, 1970
- LEWIS DAYTON MOLESSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
- CALVIN WETZEL RAMSEYCorporal · August 8, 1970
- CARROLL EDWARD RAYMER JRCorporal · August 8, 1970
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
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.