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Personal info

Full name
RICE, Vernon Earl
Date of birth
15 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois
Hometown
Lena, Stephenson County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
35089146
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Oberhoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 43 8

Immediate family

Members
William A. Rice (father)
Eva A. (Macomber) Rice (mother)
Robert E. Rice (brother)
Glenn D. Rice (brother)
William A. Rice (brother)
Burdette H. Rice (brother)
Lucille E. Rice (sister)
June A. Rice (sister)

More information

Pvt Vernon E. Rice worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 6 June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He is remembered at the Hopewell Cemetery in Prairie Township, Holmes, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Macomber / Coleman / Usafdo – The Coshocton Tribune - 9 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Macomber / Jason Winkleman