Charles Ernest Rice, 19162001 (aged 85 years)

Name
Charles Ernest /Rice/
Birth
Military service
Death of a paternal grandfather
1933 (aged 16 years)
Death of a father
Death of a mother
Death
November 3, 2001 (aged 85 years)
Family with parents
father
18821945
Birth: September 15, 1882 28 Webster Co., KY
Death: May 21, 1945Chicago, IL
mother
18931974
Birth: November 12, 1893 Henderson Co., KY
Death: November 5, 1974Princeton, KY
Marriage MarriageAugust 4, 1909Caldwell Co., KY
7 years
himself
19162001
Birth: September 30, 1916 34 22 Caldwell Co., KY
Death: November 3, 2001
Shared note

He served in the 186th Field Artillery Battalion, US First Army in Europe in WWII, earning 5 Battle Stars (including Normandy). He went to college on the GI Bill and became an aerospace engineer. He worked on numerous "upper air research" projects, the Titan ICB, the Space Station and the Space Shuttle