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ALLEN LINN PIERCE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 28, 1941 – February 24, 1966
Service recordAllen Linn Pierce, of North Bend, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 24, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 74
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 28, 1941
- Home of record
- North Bend, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 74
- THOMAS JAY OGLETHORPEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
From North Bend
- TERRY LEE ALLENCorporal · June 9, 1968
- DAVID BURNETT LENTZSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- DAVID JOHN ELLEFSONLance Corporal · April 25, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.