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Demetrius L Rice
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Name: Army Cpl. Demetrius L. Rice
Age: 24
From: Ortonville, Minn.
Assigned to 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Cpl. Demetrius L. Rice was killed July 14 when his vehicle rolled over as the driver tried to avoid another vehicle in Talafar, Iraq.
Died: July 14, 2004
Minnesota soldier dies in Iraq vehicle accident
Associated Press
Age: 24
From: Ortonville, Minn.
Assigned to 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Cpl. Demetrius L. Rice was killed July 14 when his vehicle rolled over as the driver tried to avoid another vehicle in Talafar, Iraq.
Died: July 14, 2004
Minnesota soldier dies in Iraq vehicle accident
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — A soldier from Minnesota died in Iraq when the vehicle he was in swerved to miss an oncoming truck and rolled over.
Cpl. Demetrius Lamont Rice, 24, of Ortonville, Minn., died Wednesday in the rollover near Talafar, 45 miles from Mosul in northern Iraq, the Department of Defense said Friday.
His vehicle went off the road and rolled down an embankment.
Rice was the ninth Minnesota soldier killed in Iraq.
Valorie Rice, Demetrius’ mother, moved with her children to Minnesota from Chicago nearly 11 years ago in hopes of providing them with a better life.
Rice’s younger sister, Briana Rice, of Appleton, said her grandmother in...
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5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident
Army Cpl. Demetrius L. Rice was killed July 14 when his vehicle rolled over as the driver tried to avoid another vehicle in Talafar, Iraq.
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Demetrius L Rice
2007-07-25
I am very sorry for his death and the loss to his loving family. Demetrius and his family both deserved better than circumstances granted.