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CLIFTON PALMER PIERCE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 21, 1936 – January 4, 1968
Service recordClifton Palmer Pierce, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 40
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 21, 1936
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 40
- JAMES DALE OSENBAUGHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- WALTER JOHN PETERSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- GENE ALBERT POLITOCorporal · January 4, 1968
- GARRY GARNETT PRINCEPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.