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DONALD EVERETT PIERPOINT
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
November 11, 1923 – September 29, 1971
Service recordDonald Everett Pierpoint, of Middlebourne, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 11, 1923
- Home of record
- Middlebourne, West Virginia (Tyler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1971
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 30
- PHILIP ROBERT WAGNERSergeant · September 28, 1971
- ROBERT WAYNE WENDTStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1971
- ALBERT THOMAS BALLSpecialist Four · September 30, 1971
- CHRIS ROGER BEHMSpecialist Four · September 30, 1971
From Middlebourne
- GARY WAYNE WEEKLEYCorporal · April 4, 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.