Rice, David Lee
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, HHB, 1ST BATTALION, 5TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 1 BCT, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, V CORPS, FORT RILEY, KS, SPC Rice, David Lee of SIOUX CITY, IA, 22, died in BALAD, IRAQ on April 26, 2005.
Their Story
Rice, David Lee was 22 and from SIOUX CITY, IA when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, HHB, 1ST BATTALION, 5TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 1 BCT, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, V CORPS, FORT RILEY, KS as SPC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On April 26, 2005, the ARMY lost SPC Rice, David Lee in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 22.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
The ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Rice, David Lee was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.
