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Personal info

Full name
RICE, William Lawrence
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Bessemer, Gogebic County, Michigan
Hometown
Iron River, Iron County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O1012131
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
8th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
In the area of Fenetrange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 15 27

Immediate family

Members
Mendel Rice (father)
Eunice (Wisniewicz) Rice (mother)
David Rice (brother)
Ethel Rice (sister)

More information

1st Lt William L. Rice enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 24 March 1941.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census, AAR 51st AIB August 1944 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan