VIETNAM - TICE, JIMMIE RAY

Tice, Jimmie Ray

VIETNAM - TICE, JIMMIE RAY
TICE, JIMMIE RAY

Rank: Specialist 5

Unit: H Company, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman

Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge

Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device

Enlisted by: Regular

Date of birth: 14-Feb-1949

Hometown: Dallas, Texas

Marital status: Married to Katy M. Tice

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Entered service: 24-Feb-1966

Start of tour: 12-Jun-1968

Incident date: 26-Feb-1969

Date of casualty: 26-Feb-1969

Age at death: 20

Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Jimmie Ray Tice died from wound received while gunner on military vehicle on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight. / Gunner on tank on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight.

Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SSG Thomas Victor Pilson
SP5 Jimmie Ray Tice

Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 821 431

Place of interment: Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas, USA

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 31W 074 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)