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BERNARD LAWRENCE PIERCE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1946 – June 19, 1969
Service recordBernard Lawrence Pierce, of Windsorville, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Windsorville, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 92
- WILLIAM JOSEPH KUHNSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTEPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- DANIEL GERARD OCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- JERROLD S PEARLSTEINWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILSON COLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 86
- CALVIN GENE HUNTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 89
- JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 92
- VICTOR THOMAS SHAFFERSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 93
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.