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T/4 Robert T. Brice attended Loyola High School and Pasadena Junior College where he had five years of R.O.T.C. and was a captain in the unit.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Los Angeles, California on 6 October 1942.

Sgt. Brice sustained a shrapnel wound in the arm on 15 September 1944, while evacuating wounded from a town in Germany. Again on 14 November 1944, he was wounded in the leg by shrapnel. He had just recovered from his last wound and returned to active duty when he received his fatal wound.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited: For gallantry in action against the enemy in Luxembourg on 18 December 1944. T/4 Brice and his squad where collecting the wounded on the front, when the enemy increased the intensity of their mortar and artillery fire, and it became impossible for them to move about without seriously jeopardizing their safety. Discovering that there were two seriously wounded men on the forward slope of a slight hill about 200 yards away, T/4 Brice volunteered to go to their assistance. Bravely exposing himself to the devastating enemy fire, Brice succesfully evacuated one of the seriously wounded men to his waiting squad and permitted him to be littered to the collecting point. He returned to the outpost and evacuated the other wounded man. When he had almost completed his mission he was mortally wounded by an exploding mortar shell. His courageous action saved the lives of the two men he evacuated. T/4 Brice's gallant action and self-sacrificing devotion to duty reflects great credit on him and the Armed Forces of the United States.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.