John Raymond Rice
Military Person
1914 – 1950
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Who was John Raymond Rice?
Sergeant First Class John Raymond Rice was a United States Army soldier killed in action while leading his squad in Korea in 1950. A Sioux City, Iowa cemetery refused to bury his body because he was Native American, touching off a national episode culminating in President Harry Truman ordering his body to be interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
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- Born
- Apr 25, 1914
Winnebago - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Nebraska
- Died
- Sep 6, 1950
Korea - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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