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DENNIS LEROY PIERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1944 – June 26, 1965
Service recordDennis Leroy Pierson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 20
- ROBERT ALLEN BUTZFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1965
- ARTHUR BARNETT EUSTACE JRSergeant · June 26, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- FREDERICK JAY SCHWANGERCorporal · June 26, 1965
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- MICHAEL J KOCHENDORFERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
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.