THOMAS ERNEST RICE
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 19-E: 23
Department: Josephine County, Oregon, S.O.
End of Watch: May 23, 2002
Cause: HELI
Age: 46
Years of Service: 9
Description: Deputy Rice was killed in a helicopter accident while conducting a search and rescue mission for an elderly woman who was feared drowned in the Rogue River. During the search, the helicopter struck an electrical wire causing it to crash. Deputy Rice and the pilot were both killed. Deputy Rice is the son-in-law of Matron Alice Moran 39-E: 3.
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