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HOMER EARL PIERCE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1949 – January 16, 1968
Service recordHomer Earl Pierce JR, of Chillicothe, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 60
- DAVID LOUIS PERKETTPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- HAROLD E STANTONStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH THOMPSONLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE STANLEY HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 58
- KEVIN JAMES MAGUIRESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 59
- HAROLD E STANTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 60
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 61
From Chillicothe
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESSergeant · September 2, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH HAMNERSergeant · September 19, 1968
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.