John Raymond Rice, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Raymond Rice
United States Marine
Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1914
Place of Birth: Winnebago, Nebraska, United States
Date of Death: 06-Sep-1950
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About John Raymond Rice
- Sergeant First Class John Raymond Rice (Native American name: Walking in Blue Sky) (April 25, 1914 – September 6, 1950) was a Ho Chunk (Winnebago) Indian and 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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