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Personal info

Full name
RICE, James Bryant
Date of birth
17 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Carter County, Kentucky
Hometown
Carter County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35264030
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 57

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Rice (father)
Addie (Saunders) Rice (mother)
Hobart Rice (brother)
Cecil Rice (brother)
John Rice (brother)
Clarence Rice (brother)

More information

Pfc James B. Rice enlisted at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 30 January 1942.
He was first buried at Block XX, Row 4, Grave 77.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.ambc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Kathy, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/325/325_honor_pr.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Kentucky, Birth Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet