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EDWARD EARL PIERCE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 25, 1947 – October 15, 1969
Service recordEdward Earl Pierce, of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 81
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1947
- Home of record
- North Wilkesboro, North Carolina (Wilkes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 81
- LAWRENCE DONALD LARSONLance Corporal · October 15, 1969
- MARSHALL THOMAS MARKHAMSergeant First Class · October 15, 1969
- RAYMOND ORITIZ NOVOSODCorporal · October 15, 1969
From North Wilkesboro
- FRANKLIN STEVE SHEPHERDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- FREDDIE JUNIOR DOBBINSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- SAMUEL D LOVETTECorporal · April 30, 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.