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GEORGE WASHINGTON PIERCE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1931 – August 8, 1969
Service recordGeorge Washington Pierce, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Born
- April 13, 1931
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 115
- MICHAEL HARRIS PAINTERPetty Officer First Class · August 8, 1969
- MANUEL FRANCISCO PARRASergeant · August 8, 1969
- HENRY LEE PIPPINSergeant Major · August 8, 1969
- STANLEY ROBERT RAJALACorporal · August 8, 1969
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 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.