Harvey F. Rice

World War II
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POW
Fallen

County:
Ramsey

Date of Loss:

Recovered:
Remains not recovered

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
1st Lieutenant

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
194th Tank Battalion

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater

Engagements/Battles:
Battle of Bataan
Bataan Project Profile

Circumstances:

According to records kept by the POW medical staff, Harvey was admitted to the camp hospital on June 18, 1942, suffering from dysentery and a poor diet, and assigned to Barracks 3. Since the medical staff had no medicine to treat him, his condition grew worse. The records also show that on Wednesday, July 1, 1942, at approximately 4:00 A.M., 1st Lt. Harvey F. Rice died from malaria, dysentery, and inanition. He was the 498 POW to die in the camp. After his death, he was buried in the camp cemetery in Grave 1010 with four other members of the tank group.

Biography:

born Van Hook, ND 17 Oct 17; resident Ramsey County, ND; entered AUS Ft Lewis, Washington 11 Jun 41; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 1 Jul 42 POW Philippine Islands; memorialized on the Walls of the Missing in the New American Military Cemetery, Manila, Philippine Islands. 

In 2018 his family was contacted by the Army looking for DNA samples as they believed that they found his body in a mass grave.