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RONALD FRED RICE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 4, 1936 – May 12, 1966
Service recordRonald Fred Rice, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 4, 1936
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 54
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
- WALLACE SAM PERKINSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- VICENTE QUINTAN RODRIGUEZSergeant · May 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BLANCHARD WARD COCHRANEStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 51
- ENNIS RALPH SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 55
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 56
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.