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ANDREW STARRETT PIERCE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 24, 1949 – November 7, 1970
Service recordAndrew Starrett Pierce JR, of Alderson, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 44
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Alderson, West Virginia (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 44
- RAYMOND CHARLES HUOT JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1970
- ARTHUR LAVERN SUTTONStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILLSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
- HERMINIO GENOVA CENTENOSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
From Alderson
- ROBERT MORRISON PERSINGERWarrant Officer 1 · April 22, 1971
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.