Ralph Edward Rice

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
French Lick, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

ENLISTED ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1943 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. DISCHARGED ON 10 APRIL 1946. SERVED ON THE USS PC-1133 (PC-461 CLASS SUBMARINE CHASER) IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH TASK FORCE 77. DAMAGED ON 26 MARCH 1945 OFF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BY GROUNDING. RATING OF RADIOMAN SECOND CLASS PETTY OFFICER.