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DOUGLAS JACK PIERCE
Private · U.S. Army
September 24, 1952 – November 26, 1971
Service recordDouglas Jack Pierce, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 73
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 24, 1952
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- 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 November 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 73
- ROBERT DONALD BEUTELCaptain · November 26, 1971
- JAMES HENRY NEWCOMERSergeant · November 26, 1971
- LAWRENCE CLAUDE SMITHSpecialist Four · November 26, 1971
- JAMES EUGENE STEADMANCaptain · November 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE CLAUDE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 73
- JAMES HALL SPANNCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 74
From Fargo
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
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.