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DONALD JAMES PIERCE JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1950 – March 18, 1970
Service recordDonald James Pierce JR, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 18
- JOSEPH MONSONCorporal · March 18, 1970
- JESSE JAMES ONISHEACorporal · March 18, 1970
- HUGH JULIUS RONNEBERGCorporal · March 18, 1970
- DOUGLAS LYLE SHORTLEYSpecialist Four · March 18, 1970
From Aliquippa
- DOYLE WILMER LYNNCommander · May 27, 1965
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- RAYMOND SANTILLISpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- NICK PANELLA JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COWARTLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- ADOLPHUS ELLISPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE RYLAND KOMANSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1968
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.