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Personal info

Full name
RICE, Bernard S
Date of birth
18 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Poulsbo, Kitsap County, Washington
Hometown
Fords Prairie, Lewis County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39209231
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Kohlscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 1 19

Immediate family

Members
Antoni Rice (father)
Bessie L. (Stanley) Rice (mother)
John Rice (brother)
Edward Rice (brother)
Theresa Rice (sister)
Helen Rice (sister)

More information

Pfc Bernard S. Rice enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 9 June 1943.
Pfc Rice had to transport a wounded German soldier to a field hospital and was killed when his Jeep ran over an landmine.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Peter van Leeuwen, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, A. Boyer Family Tree, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Peter van Leeuwen / Ruth Kobel