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Personal info

Full name
RICE, Finley
Date of birth
6 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Millstone, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Hometown
Sherman, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35077690
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
276th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 24 1

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Rice (father)
Martha E. (Lockney) Rice (mother)
Marvin E. Rice (brother)
Goff A. Rice (brother)
Charley Rice (brother)
Essie M. Rice (sister)
Josephine J. Rice (sister)
Ralph Rice (brother)
Blaine A. Rice (brother)
Clifton O. Rice (brother)
Anna M. Rice (sister)
June A. Rice (sister)
Virginia F. (Schmidt) Rice (wife)
Finley E. Rice (son)

More information

Pfc Finley Rice enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 31 March 1944.

He was a toolmaker before he enlisted.

He spent his last furlough at home in November 1944. A month later, he was stationed in France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hedrick Family Tree / West Virginia Births Index, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com – Brandy Warthman, www.newspapers.com – The Akron Beacon Journal - 22 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – The Akron Beacon Journal - 22 February 1945