VIRGIL RAY RICE

Company B 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 01/17/1968

Age: 19
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Aug 22, 1948
From: AUSTIN, TX
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Nov 22, 1967
Casualty was on Jan 17, 1968
In QUANG DUC, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

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Virgil Rice was killed in action from a gunshot wound he received when he engaged a hostile force
in a firefight while on ambush patrol at grid reference ZU123762, approximately 19 kilometers northwest of
Buon Tsuke airfield.

PFC Virgil R. Rice's decorations

Burial:
Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum
Austin
Travis County
Texas, USA

Grave marker for Virgil R. Rice

Photo by Brenda J. Rogers from
the Find A Grave website created by David Olsen

For a tribute to Virgil R. Rice click on the following link:

Together We Served

Top photo by Tom Reese from the Find A Grave website

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