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Personal info

Full name
BRICE, Ray Everett
Date of birth
19 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38406317
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 18 16

Immediate family

Members
Ray Brice (father)
Ethel Brice (mother)
Leon Brice (brother)

More information

Pfc Ray E. Brice graduated from Northeast High School in 1943 and was employed by the Alexander Royal Baking Company.

He is remembered at the Kolb Cemetery in Spencer, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Michael Beach, Eddie McMichael, Joek Hulsmann