Thurman Rice
Kentucky Post, Saturday, 18 November 1944, page 1
T Sgt. Thurman Rice, 28, husband of Ruth Rice, of 214 E Fourth
street, Newport, was killed in action Nov 3 in the fighting on Leyte Island, The
War Department notified his family. Believed to be the first northern Kentucky
soldier killed on Leyte, St. Rice entered the Army 20 months ago and was sent on
overseas duty in October 1943.
A native of Frankfort Ky. Sgt. Rice resided in Newport for the past nine years. He has two brothers in the service, S Sgt. Hollie B Rice and T Sgt. Robert Rice, both serving with the armed forces somewhere overseas.