Eric Parker Brice
Lieutenant
VF-33, CVW-6, USS AMERICA, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
April 06, 1943 to June 04, 1968
ERIC P BRICE is on the Wall at Panel W60, Line 8

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Eric P Brice
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24 Nov 2003

USS AMERICA's first combat loss
1968

Not forgotten
by his shipmates.

Ken Davis
Attack Squadron 85
USS AMERICA
kjd0119@alltel.net


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 04 June 1968 a flight of Phantoms from Fighter Squadron 33 were tasked against a road intersection about 15 miles south of Vinh. Immediately after bomb release, F-4J BuNo 155554, crewed by LT Eric P. Brice and LTjg William A. Simmons, was hit by 37mm antiaircraft fire. Finding himself with only partial hydraulics and throttles jammed in full military power, Brice headed for open water.

When about 25 miles off-shore the aircraft caught fire and Brice directed ejection. Simmons ejected without difficulty from the back seat, but the pilot's canopy failed to leave the aircraft. Brice's wingmen watched helplessly as Brice attempted to push the canopy free so that he too could eject - and they watched as the burning aircraft, with Eric Bryce still aboard, went into the sea. His body was not recovered.



Section 49 Lot 166 Space 2a
Pineview Cemetery
South Rocky Mount
North Carolina

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