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VIRGIL RAY RICE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1948 – January 17, 1968
Service recordVirgil Ray Rice, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 64
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 64
- JAMES HARVEY POST JRCorporal · January 17, 1968
- JOHN GEORGE SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · January 17, 1968
- LARRY STEPHEN SEMENIUKCorporal · January 17, 1968
- WINFRIED ALBERT SHEETSSergeant · January 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE JOE JETTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 63
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.