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EDWARD DAVIS PIERCE
Captain · U.S. Army
July 18, 1939 – March 13, 1966
Service recordEdward Davis Pierce, of Homewood, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B 31 SPEC FORCE
- Born
- July 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Homewood, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 5
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DAVID JULIAN GIERPrivate First Class · March 13, 1966
- MARSHALL IRVIN PAULEYChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- ROBERT ANDREW STREETSpecialist Four · March 13, 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.