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Personal info

Full name
RICE, Donald S
Date of birth
22 February 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Rhode Island
Hometown
Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31182961
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
C Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 14 25

Immediate family

Members
Wilson A. Rice (father)
Susan A. Rice (mother)
Albert W. Rice (brother)
Howard C. Rice (brother)
Arlene C. Rice (sister)
Dorothy M. Rice (sister)
Leslie A. Rice (brother)
Elsie S. Rice (sister)
Elizabeth A. Rice (sister)
Roy A. Rice (brother)

More information

Pvt Donald S. Rice enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 17 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - 11thacrkia, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census / Rhode Island State Censuses

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, Hans Wijnands / Dawn (Rice) Hodge