Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Troop C, 36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Entered service: 17-Oct-1942
Enlisted: Providence, Rhode Island
Enlisted by: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Date of birth: 22-Feb-1921
Hometown: Kent County, Rhode Island
Marital status: Single, without dependents. Parents: Wilson A Rice and Susan Annie [Howard] Rice
Campaign: World War II
Date of casualty: 18-Apr-1945
Age at death: 40
Cause of death: Died of wounds received in action.
Place of interment: Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
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