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THOMAS EVERETT RICE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1946 – February 17, 1966
Service recordThomas Everett Rice, of Howard Lake, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 43
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Howard Lake, Minnesota (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 43
- CHESTER STATENPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1965
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- SHERDIN JAY WATKINSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JOHN BENKE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- DAVID PETER BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- LEN E CARRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- LUIS DELA TORREPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- GARY BRUCE GORTONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 41
- BOBBY GENE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 42
- JUAN ANTONIO LOPEZ-COLONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 42
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 42
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 43
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 43
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 43
- DAVID ELGA WHITTENSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 44
- MARK HILLARY ZELDESSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 44
From Howard Lake
- DAVID ARNOLD UECKERSpecialist Four · December 27, 1968
- JULIAN WINSLOW BERGSpecialist Four · April 23, 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.