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Personal info

Full name
RICE, Wallace Gordon Jr
Date of birth
5 October 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33772601
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 16 13

Immediate family

Members
Wallace G. Rice Sr. (father)
Edith (Templeton) Rice (mother)
Robert A. Rice (brother)
Mildred R. (Brown) Rice (wife)

More information

Pfc Wallace G. Rice Jr. was a foreman before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 6 March 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as the 41st Infantry Battalion.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet