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Personal info

Full name
TRICE, William Raymond
Date of birth
1910
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Maryland
Hometown
Federalsburg, Caroline County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33202178
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Near Sainte-Pôle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 23 40

Immediate family

Members
William B. Trice (father)
Bertie E. (Murphy) Trice (mother)
William O. Trice (brother)
Russell Trice (brother)

More information

Pfc William R. Trice was employed in the fabrication of textile products before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 12 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - The Baltimore Sun 30 September 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy