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HARRY W PIERCE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 27, 1949 – September 5, 1969
Service recordHarry W Pierce JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 42
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 42
- DENNIS JAMES MURPHYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL POWERSCorporal · September 5, 1969
- BERNARD AMBROSE PROPSONSergeant · September 5, 1969
- RAY WARREN PURIFOYStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT FABIAN BABELPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 36
- DONALD NORMAN CARTLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 37
- CHARLES LOUIS HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 38
- GARY WILLIAM LAHNACorporal · Panel 18W, Line 40
- RAYMOND BRUCE THOMASCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 44
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.