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GROVER CECIL PIERSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1950 – April 7, 1971
Service recordGrover Cecil Pierson JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 111
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 111
- JOSEPH LARRY ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · April 7, 1971
- DALE ROBERT HOODPrivate First Class · April 7, 1971
- EARL HUGO KINGSpecialist Four · April 7, 1971
- RICHARD MORGANCorporal · April 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DALE ROBERT HOODPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 111
- EARL HUGO KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 111
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.