SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Around 500 people attended the memorial service of a South Carolina soldier whose remains were found four decades after he disappeared in Vietnam.
Multiple media outlets reported that the Saturday observance for Army Spc. Thomas Rice Jr. included a 21-gun salute and fly-over by a Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office helicopter. His remains were found last March.
Rice and three other servicemen were conducting a mission in 1965 when their Huey helicopter disappeared. The 23-year-old Rice was later declared killed in action and a memorial service was held in 1967 in Spartanburg.
Family members say a service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery for all four men, but a date for the burials has not been set.
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